Most of Oakfield commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Oakfield; the top destination outside it is Batavia (19%, 6 miles). Employers in Oakfield report 140 jobs, against 856 working residents. For jobs and income Oakfield is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Oakfield: the gist
Oakfield is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Oakfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oakfield has about 1,100 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Oakfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 856 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Oakfield
Job access by car holds Oakfield’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Oakfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oakfield could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Oakfield
On a workday 843 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Oakfield on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
From Oakfield, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 607 commuters (the 10% 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.
The towns that employ Oakfield’s residents
Where Oakfield clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Oakfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakfield, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 140. 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.
How far Oakfield 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.
Few in Oakfield walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 673 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). 6.3% of Oakfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oakfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oakfield places 2,736th of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,734 | Cherry Township PA | 1,494 | $85K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,735 | Rising Sun IN | 2,222 | $59K | 11.6% | 2.2% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,736 | Oakfield NY | 1,794 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,737 | Byng OK | 1,414 | $76K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,738 | Newport PA | 1,511 | $63K | 10.5% | 4.7% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
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?
$69,500 (±$12,861) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakfield?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakfield?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batavia (19%, 6 mi), Oakfield (8%, 1 mi), Batavia (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oakfield walkable?
Oakfield is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.