With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Oakland works elsewhere
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; the Oklahoma average is 22, the U.S. 26. 31 jobs are based in Oakland, against 339 working residents. Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Oakland, in brief
Oakland is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Oakland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oakland has about 620 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Oakland works in Madill
96 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Madill, 1.7 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Oakland 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; with 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Oakland
On a workday 339 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Oakland on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
28% of working residents work in Madill
Where Oakland clocks in
28% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Oakland: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 31. 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 Oakland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Oakland: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakland workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oakland
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.
28% of Oakland works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Madill. Darker towns draw more of Oakland’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 Oakland: questions
What is the median household income in Oakland?
$61,250 (±$11,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakland?
20.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakland?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madill (28%, 2 mi), Ardmore (12%, 20 mi), Durant (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakland
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.