Work & commute · Osawatomie

Work & commute in Osawatomie, KS

Most working residents leave Osawatomie for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Paola (12%), Olathe (11%) and Overland Park (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

293 of 1,967 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,674 Osawatomie residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 1,095 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osawatomie.

1,674live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

1,095work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osawatomie goes to work

Osawatomie (in town)right here

15%293

Paola7.2 mi away

12%245

Olathe27.3 mi away

11%219

Overland Park30.2 mi away

7%137

Topeka54.8 mi away

6%124

Lenexa33 mi away

5%96

Kansas City44.4 mi away

3%67

Kansas City, MO48.2 mi away

3%67

Spring Hill19 mi away

3%63

Gardner21.2 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%618

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

How far

How far Osawatomie commutes

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

30%

17%

37%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osawatomie is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osawatomie are

1,388 jobs are based in Osawatomie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osawatomie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osawatomie

1,388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Osawatomie residents hold

1,967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+6%

Jobs based in Osawatomie, 2013 → 2023: 1,309 → 1,388. 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.