Oaks has 3.2 jobs for every working resident: 1,932 people commute in to work
There are 1,955 jobs in Oaks; 602 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Oaks for work; outside it, Upper Providence Township is the main destination (10%, 3 miles). 36% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oaks: the figures worth knowing
Oaks fills up on a workday
Oaks has 1,955 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, more than double the 940 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Oaks have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Oaks went from 594 in 2013 to 1,955 in 2023, +229%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Oaks works from home
36% of Oaks workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 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 602 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who works in Oaks, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 579 residents head out to work and 23 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Oaks on a workday afternoon, 143% more 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.
What Oaks’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 1,955. 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 Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Oaks, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oaks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 388 commuters (the 36% 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.
Where the people who work in Oaks live
Where Oaks clocks in
7% 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.
How far Oaks 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.
Oaks and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaks | – | — | — | 25 min | $165,583 |
| Schuylkill Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 26 min | $171,786 |
| Lower Providence Township | 4% | A | A− | 28 min | $119,165 |
| Audubon | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Audubon: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lower Providence Township. Darker towns draw more of Oaks’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 Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Oaks?
$165,583 (±$62,541) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oaks?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oaks?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oaks work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Providence Township (10%, 3 mi), Tredyffrin Township (7%, 4 mi), Upper Merion Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oaks
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.