Household incomes in Oak Point top those of 90% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 1.5% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. Oak Point grades A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 40% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Oak Point, in brief
A lot of Oak Point works from home
41% of Oak Point workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Oak Point is a place people come home to
There are 365 jobs based in Oak Point, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oak Point has about 4,800 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Oak Point’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Oak Point is Dallas, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (359) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Oak Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Oak Point
72% of Oak Point residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Oak Point pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Oak Point’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oak Point is among the top U.S. towns, #11 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Oak Point’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oak Point could be anywhere from A to A+.
Getting to work from Oak Point takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,728 commuters (the 40% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Oak Point on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,459 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Oak Point on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.15 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Oak Point works
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.
Inside Oak Point’s 365 jobs
365 jobs are based in Oak Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Point, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 365. 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 Oak Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Oak Point clocks in
Lines 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.
Getting around Oak Point: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oak Point is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #593 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,902 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.6% of Oak Point households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oak Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300, Oak Point ranks 37th of 3,229 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 37 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 38 | McLendon-Chisholm TX | 5,629 | $205K | 0.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 39 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Point, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Oak Point: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Little Elm (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Point | – | A+ | D | 33 min | $126,290 |
| Little Elm | 3% | B+ | C | 35 min | $119,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oak Point’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 Oak Point: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Point?
$126,290 (±$38,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Point?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Point?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (14%, 29 mi), Plano (10%, 16 mi), Frisco (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oak Point walkable?
Oak Point is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oak Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Point
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.