Photo: Ashton B Crew · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Oxford works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Oxford; the top destination outside it is Iowa City (34%, 14 miles). Employers in Oxford report 133 jobs, against 444 working residents. 22% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Oxford in brief
One in three of Oxford works in Iowa City
152 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Iowa City, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Oxford itself. The commute map ↓
Oxford is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Oxford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oxford has about 400 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Oxford
22% of Oxford workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. 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; with 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Oxford: the destinations
Where Oxford clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Oxford
On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Oxford on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Oxford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oxford workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 337 commuters (the 22% 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.
The kinds of work in Oxford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 133. 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 Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Oxford
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.
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 Oxford: questions
What is the median household income in Oxford?
$82,639 (±$22,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oxford?
3.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oxford?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oxford work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iowa City (34%, 14 mi), Cedar Rapids (15%, 18 mi), Coralville (12%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oxford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oxford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oxford
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.