Oakfield has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
5% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). There are 616 jobs in Oakfield, against 1,459 working residents. Jobs and income earn Oakfield C+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Oakfield in brief
Commutes from Oakfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Oakfield makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Oakfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Oakfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Oakfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oakfield is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #513 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Oakfield’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oakfield could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Oakfield’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,278 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Oakfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakfield, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 616. 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 Oakfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oakfield by day and by night
On a workday 1,339 residents head out to work, 120 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Oakfield on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
18% of working residents work in Batavia
Where Oakfield clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Oakfield commutes
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.
Oakfield is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oakfield is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #648 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Oakfield near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,348 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.4% of Oakfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oakfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Oakfield is 2,794th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,792 | Hide-A-Way Lake MS | 2,569 | $70K | 5.6% | 6.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Astatula FL | 2,314 | $72K | 13.6% | 6.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Oakfield NY | 3,095 | $67K | 22.6% | 3.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,795 | Jefferson Township OH | 2,553 | $49K | 23.4% | 1.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,796 | Shade Township PA | 2,374 | $67K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oakfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 10% of Oakfield
The biggest share goes to Batavia (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oakfield’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 Oakfield: questions
What is the median household income in Oakfield?
$67,067 (±$13,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakfield?
22.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakfield?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakfield work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batavia (18%, 8 mi), Batavia (7%, 6 mi), Rochester (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oakfield walkable?
Oakfield is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakfield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.