Oaks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Oaks has 2 jobs, and 80 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Oaks; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (39%, 5 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Oaks on a workday
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Oaks on a workday afternoon, 62% 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 people from Oaks work
Where Oaks clocks in
39% 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.
Jobs in Oaks: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 2. 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 Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Oaks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oaks workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
How far Oaks goes to work
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.
How Oaks compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaks | – | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Oakwood | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oaks’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 Oaks: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oaks?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oaks?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oaks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (39%, 5 mi), Kansas City (9%, 10 mi), North Kansas City (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oaks
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.