Thomas R. Kerr Dr. House and Office · Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Oakmont’s household incomes are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. 5.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. For jobs and income Oakmont is better than 75% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Oakmont apart on work
Oakmont trades workers with the towns around it
Oakmont has about as many jobs (3,388) as working residents (3,059), but they are mostly different people: 2,752 residents leave for work each day while 3,081 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Oakmont are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Oakmont works in Pittsburgh
1,048 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 9.1 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Oakmont itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Oakmont
25% of Oakmont workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Most Oakmont residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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 Oakmont’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Oakmont’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oakmont could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Who leaves Oakmont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,752 residents head out to work, 307 work right here, and 3,081 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
34% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Oakmont clocks in
34% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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 26 minutes from Oakmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakmont workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,564 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Oakmont
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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Oakmont’s jobs are in goods
3,388 jobs are based in Oakmont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakmont, 2014 → 2024: 2,978 → 3,388. 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 Oakmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oakmont is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,396 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, 59% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 6.1% of Oakmont households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oakmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Oakmont ranks: 979th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 977 | Williamson NY | 6,790 | $91K | 9.0% | 1.5% | 13% | B+ |
| 978 | Franklin Township PA | 4,781 | $100K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 979 | Oakmont PA | 6,576 | $93K | 5.4% | 5.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 980 | North Franklin Township PA | 4,726 | $77K | 9.0% | 1.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 981 | Scott Township PA | 4,736 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Oakmont, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 11% of Oakmont
The biggest share goes to O'Hara Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakmont | – | B+ | A | 26 min | $92,782 |
| Plum | 2% | A | B | 31 min | $98,705 |
| Penn Hills | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Verona | 2% | C | A+ | 22 min | $48,733 |
| Harmar Township | 1% | B | A | 25 min | $65,075 |
| O'Hara Township | 4% | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oakmont’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 Oakmont: questions
What is the median household income in Oakmont?
$92,782 (±$16,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakmont?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakmont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakmont work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (34%, 9 mi), O'Hara Township (4%, 3 mi), Monroeville (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oakmont walkable?
Oakmont is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakmont without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 59% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakmont
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.