Work & commute · Osage

Work & commute in Osage, KS

About one in 4 of Osage’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Topeka (18%), Lyndon (7%) and Emporia (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

310 of 1,320 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,010 Osage residents head out of town to work, 310 work right here, and 1,148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osage.

1,010live here, work elsewhere

310live and work here

1,148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osage goes to work

Osage City (in town)right here

23%310

Topeka28.5 mi away

18%240

Lyndon7.5 mi away

7%88

Emporia25.8 mi away

6%80

Ottawa30.2 mi away

3%34

Wichita105.6 mi away

3%33

Lawrence37.4 mi away

2%31

Overland Park63.4 mi away

2%27

Manhattan57 mi away

2%24

Kansas City67.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%430

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

How far

How far Osage commutes

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

32%

34%

25%

32%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osage is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Osage are

1,458 jobs are based in Osage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osage

1,458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Osage residents hold

1,320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+110%

Jobs based in Osage, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 1,458. 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.