With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Oasis works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Oasis itself; outside it, Delta draws the most (37%, 8 miles). Employers in Oasis report 3 jobs, and 19 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Oasis for work, and who comes in
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Oasis on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer 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.
Commuting out of Oasis: the destinations
Where Oasis clocks in
37% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Oasis
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Oasis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oasis
of Oasis workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 0% 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 Oasis commutes
About 47% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Oasis and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oasis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis | – | — | — | — | — |
| Deseret | under 6% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Deseret: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oasis’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 Oasis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oasis?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oasis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delta (37%, 8 mi), Nephi (11%, 51 mi), Wellington (5%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oasis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 60% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oasis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oasis
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.