Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Oak Hill has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 4,746 people come in to work
Employers in Oak Hill report 4,891 jobs for 2,700 working residents. Only 5% work in Oak Hill itself; outside it, Portland draws the most (28%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 20 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Oak Hill
Most Oak Hill residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Oak Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Oak Hill went from 2,872 in 2013 to 4,891 in 2023, +70%. The jobs ↓
Oak Hill is where the jobs are
Oak Hill has 4,891 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Oak Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across Maine. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maine worker. Time on the road ↓
28% of Oak Hill works in Portland
750 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Portland, 8.2 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Oak Hill itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Oak Hill’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Oak Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Hill, 2013 → 2023: 2,872 → 4,891. 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 Oak Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Oak Hill, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,555 residents head out to work and 145 work right here.
About 7,800 people are in Oak Hill on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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.
Getting to work from Oak Hill takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,379 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 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.
Commuting in to Oak Hill: where workers come from
Where Oak Hill clocks in
28% 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.
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 Oak Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Hill?
$97,610 (±$15,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Hill?
5.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Hill?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Hill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (28%, 8 mi), Scarborough (18%, 2 mi), South Portland (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Hill
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.