City of Rocks · Photo: Levieuxchiendetalus · CC BY-SA 3.0Oakley has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten stay in Oakley for work; outside it, Burley is the main destination (24%, 21 miles). 188 jobs are based in Oakley, and 363 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oakley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Oakley on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where the trip to work from Oakley ends
Where Oakley clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 70% of jobs based in Oakley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakley, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 188. 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 Oakley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Oakley: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakley workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% 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 commute from Oakley, by distance
About 20% 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.
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 Oakley: questions
What is the median household income in Oakley?
$78,750 (±$29,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakley?
9.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakley work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burley (24%, 21 mi), Twin Falls (6%, 37 mi), Boise City (4%, 151 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakley 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 Oakley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakley
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.