Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Oak Hills top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.4% of residents, against 11.9% across Oregon. Oak Hills grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Oak Hills
Oak Hills is a place people come home to
There are 674 jobs based in Oak Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oak Hills has about 6,300 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Oak Hills residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Oak Hills and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Oak Hills residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Oak Hills come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Oak Hills works from home
31% of Oak Hills workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Oak Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oak Hills is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #2 of 142 in Oregon. Household income is its strongest input ($127,179, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oak Hills could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Oak Hills
On a workday 5,365 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Oak Hills on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Oak Hills goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
28% of working residents work in Portland
Where Oak Hills clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Oak Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Hills workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,180 commuters (the 31% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most jobs in Oak Hills are in services
674 jobs are based in Oak Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Hills, 2014 → 2024: 609 → 674. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oak Hills is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oak Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #20 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Oak Hills 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 6,092 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Oak Hills households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Oak Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Oak Hills is 185th among 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 155 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 183 | Medina Township OH | 9,431 | $114K | 4.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 184 | Washington Township NJ | 9,392 | $180K | 3.2% | 4.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 185 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 186 | Woods Cross UT | 11,429 | $121K | 4.8% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 187 | Purcellville VA | 8,890 | $165K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 8% | A+ |
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| 380 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 483 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Oak Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Oak Hills and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills | – | A+ | A+ | 21 min | $127,179 |
| Beaverton | 13% | B+ | A+ | 24 min | $98,622 |
| Rockcreek | under 2% | A | A | 21 min | $107,101 |
| Bethany | under 2% | A | A | 24 min | $167,735 |
| Cedar Mill | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $164,079 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Beaverton. Darker towns draw more of Oak Hills’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 2024, 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 Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Hills?
$127,179 (±$5,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Hills?
3.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Hills?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (28%, 9 mi), Hillsboro (18%, 4 mi), Beaverton (13%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oak Hills walkable?
Oak Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oak Hills without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.