For more than half of its working residents, Oakleaf Plantation is a commute to Jacksonville
Jobs and income earn Oakleaf Plantation A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Only 2% work in Oakleaf Plantation itself; outside it, Jacksonville draws the most (56%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oakleaf Plantation, in a few figures
Jobs in Oakleaf Plantation have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Oakleaf Plantation went from 449 in 2013 to 1,779 in 2023, +296%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Oakleaf Plantation works in Jacksonville
7,574 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 15 miles away across the town line. That’s 28 times as many as work in Oakleaf Plantation itself. The commute map ↓
Oakleaf Plantation is a place people come home to
There are 1,779 jobs based in Oakleaf Plantation, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oakleaf Plantation has about 20,000 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Oakleaf Plantation’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oakleaf Plantation is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #70 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oakleaf Plantation could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What work there is in Oakleaf Plantation: 1,779 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakleaf Plantation, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 1,779. 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 Oakleaf Plantation’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Oakleaf Plantation ends
Where Oakleaf Plantation clocks in
56% 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.
Who works in Oakleaf Plantation, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,388 residents head out to work, 214 work right here, and 1,565 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Oakleaf Plantation on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way for Oakleaf Plantation’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakleaf Plantation workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,593 commuters (the 23% 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.
Where in the region Oakleaf Plantation works
About 21% 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.
In Oakleaf Plantation, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oakleaf Plantation is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #584 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Oakleaf Plantation near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,383 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). 2.2% of Oakleaf Plantation households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oakleaf Plantation’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Oakleaf Plantation is 392nd among 1,368 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 89 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 93 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 390 | Bixby OK | 32,766 | $104K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 10% | A− |
| 391 | Saginaw TX | 26,706 | $97K | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6% | A− |
| 392 | Oakleaf Plantation FL | 32,070 | $109K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 393 | Apollo Beach FL | 33,355 | $128K | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5% | A− |
| 394 | Fair Lawn NJ | 37,128 | $145K | 6.1% | 6.2% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Oakleaf Plantation, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 58% of Oakleaf Plantation
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakleaf Plantation workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakleaf Plantation | – | A− | C− | 32 min | $108,543 |
| Lakeside | 2% | B− | B− | 29 min | $81,684 |
| Jacksonville | 56% | B− | A− | 24 min | $69,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jacksonville. Darker towns draw more of Oakleaf Plantation’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 Oakleaf Plantation: questions
What is the median household income in Oakleaf Plantation?
$108,543 (±$7,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakleaf Plantation?
8.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakleaf Plantation?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakleaf Plantation work?
2% work in town.
Is Oakleaf Plantation walkable?
Oakleaf Plantation is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakleaf Plantation without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakleaf Plantation, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakleaf Plantation
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.