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The most common industries in Oakland are: Health care (13.8% of civilian employees), Public administration (7.7% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (6.5% of civilian employees). 66.2% of workers work in Lawrence County and 10.3% of all workers work at home. 66.2% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 2.2% less than the rate of 67.7% across the entire state of Pennsylvania.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Oakland, Pennsylvania was 1,516 / 1,339
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Oakland, Pennsylvania was 1,516 / 1,339
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Health care | 13.8% (90) | 1.5% (5) | 27.5% (85) |
| Public administration | 7.7% (50) | 12.6% (43) | 2.3% (7) |
| Accommodation and food services | 6.5% (42) | 2.9% (10) | 10.4% (32) |
| Construction | 6.0% (39) | 10.3% (35) | 1.3% (4) |
| Food and beverage stores | 5.5% (36) | 3.2% (11) | 8.1% (25) |
| Metal and metal products | 4.9% (32) | 7.6% (26) | 1.9% (6) |
| Repair and maintenance | 4.0% (26) | 7.6% (26) | 0.0% (0) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3.4% (22) | 2.3% (8) | 4.5% (14) |
| Transportation equipment | 2.9% (19) | 5.6% (19) | 0.0% (0) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 2.6% (17) | 2.1% (7) | 3.2% (10) |
| Educational services | 2.5% (16) | 0.0% (0) | 5.2% (16) |
| Machinery | 2.5% (16) | 4.7% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.3% (15) | 1.5% (5) | 3.2% (10) |
| Finance and insurance | 2.2% (14) | 0.0% (0) | 4.5% (14) |
| U. S. Postal service | 2.2% (14) | 2.9% (10) | 1.3% (4) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 2.2% (14) | 4.1% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.2% (14) | 0.0% (0) | 4.5% (14) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 2.0% (13) | 1.2% (4) | 2.9% (9) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2.0% (13) | 3.8% (13) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.8% (12) | 3.5% (12) | 0.0% (0) |
| Truck transportation | 1.7% (11) | 3.2% (11) | 0.0% (0) |
| Social assistance | 1.7% (11) | 1.5% (5) | 1.9% (6) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 1.7% (11) | 3.2% (11) | 0.0% (0) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.5% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 3.2% (10) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 1.4% (9) | 2.6% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.4% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 2.9% (9) |
| Food | 1.1% (7) | 2.1% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.1% (7) | 2.1% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Retail florists | 0.9% (6) | 1.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores | 0.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.9% (6) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.9% (6) | 1.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.9% (6) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.9% (6) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.8% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.6% (5) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.8% (5) | 1.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.8% (5) | 1.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.8% (5) | 1.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.6% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.6% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
Unemployment in Oakland
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 5.1%Females
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 8.8%Males
- 2.7%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 5.3% (31) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.2% (278,903) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 3.0% (18) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.1% (274,242) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 8.3% (49) |
| Pennsylvania: | 9.0% (480,402) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 8.3% (50) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.0% (532,059) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 23.2% (138) |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.6% (726,980) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 6.4% (38) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.5% (611,627) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 8.1% (48) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.0% (585,665) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 2.3% (14) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.1% (324,576) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
| Oakland: | 5.7% (34) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.7% (146,376) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
| Oakland: | 5.9% (35) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.6% (407,255) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
| Oakland: | 16.8% (100) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.9% (369,524) |
<5am:
| Oakland: | 5.6% (34) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.1% (172,304) |
5:30am:
| Oakland: | 2.7% (16) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.7% (150,168) |
6am:
| Oakland: | 4.5% (27) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.4% (245,004) |
6:30am:
| Oakland: | 4.1% (25) |
| Pennsylvania: | 8.6% (478,636) |
7am:
| Oakland: | 11.1% (67) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.8% (599,808) |
7:30am:
| Oakland: | 10.0% (60) |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.7% (759,372) |
8am:
| Oakland: | 17.7% (107) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.9% (826,968) |
8:30am:
| Oakland: | 11.8% (71) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.6% (588,440) |
9am:
| Oakland: | 6.8% (41) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.5% (304,765) |
10am:
| Oakland: | 3.8% (23) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.1% (280,812) |
4pm:
| Oakland: | 8.0% (48) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (404,775) |
>4pm:
| Oakland: | 13.9% (84) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (408,070) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 6.3% (14) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.2% (203,028) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 20.1% (44) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.5% (296,669) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 7.7% (17) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.4% (293,727) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 19.0% (42) |
| Pennsylvania: | 12.6% (356,257) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 5.6% (12) |
| Pennsylvania: | 9.5% (268,895) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 5.8% (13) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.1% (145,545) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 5.9% (13) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.3% (66,088) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 5.0% (11) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.4% (210,601) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Males:
| Oakland: | 12.0% (27) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.1% (202,203) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 5.7% (21) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.0% (75,875) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 4.3% (16) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.7% (93,451) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 2.0% (7) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.4% (183,733) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 7.9% (30) |
| Pennsylvania: | 9.5% (238,332) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 26.3% (98) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.8% (370,723) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 7.1% (26) |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.7% (342,732) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 12.9% (48) |
| Pennsylvania: | 12.4% (310,699) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 0.6% (2) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.2% (179,031) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 3.4% (13) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.2% (80,288) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 6.3% (23) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.9% (196,654) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Females:
| Oakland: | 22.1% (83) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.7% (167,321) |
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 66.2%
Number of people working at home: 74 (10.3% of all workers)
Number of people working at home: 74 (10.3% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
| Oakland: | 9.3% (56) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.5% (196,492) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Oakland: | 19.1% (115) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.1% (615,919) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Oakland: | 19.9% (120) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.9% (825,199) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Oakland: | 18.4% (111) |
| Pennsylvania: | 15.0% (836,006) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Oakland: | 9.0% (54) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.1% (782,790) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Oakland: | 3.8% (23) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.9% (327,459) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Oakland: | 9.1% (55) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.8% (655,811) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Oakland: | 2.3% (14) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.7% (148,906) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Oakland: | 2.3% (14) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.4% (187,483) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Oakland: | 5.6% (34) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (407,516) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Oakland: | 1.2% (7) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.8% (265,759) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Oakland: | 90.2% (544) |
| Pennsylvania: | 76.5% (4,247,836) |
Carpooled:
| Oakland: | 5.8% (35) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.4% (577,364) |
Motorcycle:
| Oakland: | 1.3% (8) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.1% (3,235) |
Walked:
| Oakland: | 2.7% (16) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.1% (229,725) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Oakland: | 89.8% (537) |
| Pennsylvania: | 90.2% (4,322,003) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Oakland: | 10.2% (61) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.7% (367,639) |
Drove alone:
| Oakland: | 94.0% (544) |
| Pennsylvania: | 88.0% (4,247,836) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Oakland: | 6.0% (35) |
| Pennsylvania: | 9.7% (470,174) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Oakland: | 66.2% (475) |
| Pennsylvania: | 67.7% (4,333,849) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Oakland: | 16.8% (120) |
| Pennsylvania: | 12.7% (810,562) |
Local government workers:
| Oakland: | 3.1% (22) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.2% (397,120) |
State government workers:
| Oakland: | 8.0% (58) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.0% (193,490) |
Federal government workers:
| Oakland: | 0.8% (6) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.1% (136,008) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Oakland: | 5.1% (37) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.0% (318,118) |
Employee of private company:
| Oakland: | 70.8% (460) |
| Pennsylvania: | 69.7% (3,942,119) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Oakland: | 0.9% (6) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.4% (134,871) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Oakland: | 10.0% (65) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.3% (580,382) |
Local government workers:
| Oakland: | 6.5% (42) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.8% (326,222) |
State government workers:
| Oakland: | 2.9% (19) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.2% (182,232) |
Federal government workers:
| Oakland: | 3.1% (20) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.3% (130,634) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Oakland: | 5.2% (34) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.0% (339,631) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Oakland: | 0.6% (4) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.3% (17,409) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Oakland: | 82.8% (222) |
| Pennsylvania: | 71.5% (2,388,579) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Oakland: | 8.2% (22) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.0% (168,310) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Oakland: | 9.0% (24) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.0% (199,421) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Oakland: | 56.3% (253) |
| Pennsylvania: | 63.5% (1,945,270) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Oakland: | 26.8% (120) |
| Pennsylvania: | 17.6% (540,064) |
State government workers - Females:
| Oakland: | 12.8% (58) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.1% (95,950) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Oakland: | 1.3% (6) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.0% (60,850) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Oakland: | 2.8% (13) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.9% (118,697) |