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Work & commute in Osceola, IN

Most working residents leave Osceola for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (18%), South Bend (16%) and Mishawaka (16%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 913 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 906 Osceola residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osceola.

906live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
361work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Osceola goes to work

OsceolaBristolGoshenMishawakaSouth BendElkhartFort WaynePennBaugoClayClevelandNotre DameGrangerElkhartSouth BendMishawakaPennGoshenGrangerNotre DameBristolFort WayneBaugoOsceola
1
Elkhart6.3 mi away
18%168
2
South Bend9.8 mi away
16%149
3
Mishawaka4.5 mi away
16%147
4
Penn3.1 mi away
4%41
5
Goshen14.3 mi away
3%31
6
Granger5.7 mi away
2%22
7
Notre Dame8.6 mi away
2%19
8
Bristol13.2 mi away
1%13
9
Fort Wayne62.8 mi away
1%13
10
Baugo3.1 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%297

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Osceola commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Osceola is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Osceola are

368 jobs are based in Osceola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osceola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osceola

368 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities36%
Services (health, schools, offices…)35%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Osceola residents hold

913 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+7%

Jobs based in Osceola, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 368. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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