O'Mahony Dining Car No. 1107 · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0Oakley has higher household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Oakley; the top destination outside it is Kamas (13%, 6 miles). Below the poverty line: 6.1% of residents, against 8.5% across Utah. For jobs and income Oakley is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Oakley
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Oakley
Household income holds Oakley’s grade up ($125,550, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Oakley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oakley could be anywhere from C to A−.
Oakley makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
387 jobs are based in Oakley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakley, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 387. 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 Oakley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Oakley on a workday
On a workday 611 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Oakley on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Out of Oakley to work: where people go
Where Oakley clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from Oakley: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakley workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Oakley commutes
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.
Most of Oakley commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 730 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). 3.0% of Oakley households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oakley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oakley is 1,427th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 328 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,425 | Brooklawn NJ | 1,834 | $59K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,426 | Cleona PA | 2,055 | $73K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,427 | Oakley UT | 1,538 | $126K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,428 | Black Creek WI | 1,335 | $67K | 6.5% | 4.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,429 | North Branch Township MN | 1,782 | $102K | 4.4% | 7.3% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Oakley, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Oakley: questions
What is the median household income in Oakley?
$125,550 (±$43,579) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakley?
6.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakley work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kamas (13%, 6 mi), Park City (9%, 12 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oakley walkable?
Oakley is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakley
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.