Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Oak Hills commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Oak Hills; the top destination outside it is Burlington (23%, 4 miles). There are 24 jobs in Oak Hills for 96 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Oak Hills
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Oak Hills on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Oak Hills’ residents
Where Oak Hills clocks in
23% of workers
17% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Oak Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Hills, 2014 → 2024: 10 → 24. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oak Hills
of Oak Hills workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Oak Hills’ commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oak Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Hills?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Hills?
8.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oak Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (23%, 4 mi), West Burlington (17%, 5 mi), Mount Pleasant (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Oak Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.