Photo: עדירל · CC BY-SA 4.0Oakland’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
30% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida. 7.2% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). The two grades for Oakland are A for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oakland at work: what stands out
Jobs in Oakland have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Oakland went from 514 in 2013 to 1,695 in 2023, +230%. The jobs ↓
Oakland trades workers with the towns around it
Oakland has about as many jobs (1,695) as working residents (1,726), but they are mostly different people: 1,695 residents leave for work each day while 1,664 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Oakland are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Oakland works from home
30% of Oakland workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Oakland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oakland is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #17 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($152,195, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oakland could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What the 1,695 jobs in Oakland are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 1,695. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Oakland by day
On a workday 1,695 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 1,664 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Oakland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakland workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,184 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
24% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Oakland clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oakland
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Oakland is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oakland is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #131 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,690 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Oakland households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Oakland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100, Oakland ranks 246th of 4,430 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 244 | Perry Township OH | 3,796 | $186K | 0.2% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| 245 | Mather CA | 4,520 | $146K | 2.8% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 246 | Oakland FL | 3,774 | $152K | 7.2% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 247 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| 248 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oakland, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Oakland compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Winter Garden (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | – | A | A | 29 min | $152,195 |
| Winter Garden | 7% | B | B+ | 27 min | $106,495 |
| Clermont | 2% | B | B+ | 31 min | $82,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oakland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oakland: questions
What is the median household income in Oakland?
$152,195 (±$19,459) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakland?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakland?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (24%, 20 mi), Lake Buena Vista (8%, 14 mi), Winter Garden (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oakland walkable?
Oakland is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakland without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.