Most of Oasis commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Oasis has 43 jobs for 154 working residents. Hardly any work in Oasis itself; outside it, Wild Rose draws the most (9%, 9 miles). Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Oasis, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Oasis on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Oasis’ working residents head each day
Where Oasis clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 79% of Oasis’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oasis, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 43. 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 Oasis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Oasis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oasis workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
How far Oasis goes to work
About 34% 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.
The towns around Oasis
The biggest share goes to Plainfield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oasis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis | – | — | — | 23 min | $83,839 |
| Plainfield | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Rose | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Almond | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Plainfield | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Deerfield | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainfield: not graded. Rose, Almond and Plainfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Deerfield: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. 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 median household income in Oasis?
$83,839 (±$4,947) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oasis?
12.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oasis?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oasis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wild Rose (9%, 9 mi), Wautoma (6%, 11 mi), Stevens Point (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oasis without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.