Work & commute · Osborne

Work & commute in Osborne, KS

Most working residents leave Osborne for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (38%), Wellington (7%) and Conway Springs (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Osborne residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osborne.

96live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osborne goes to work

Wichita31.4 mi away

38%37

Wellington6.9 mi away

7%7

Conway Springs10.9 mi away

6%6

Caldwell16.1 mi away

4%4

Derby25.7 mi away

3%3

Riverside26.2 mi away

3%3

Conway13.4 mi away

3%3

Attica38.4 mi away

2%2

Clearwater17.5 mi away

2%2

Colorado Springs, CO408.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%30

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

How far

How far Osborne commutes

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

12%

24%

56%

12%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

56%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osborne is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osborne are

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

Jobs based in Osborne

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Osborne residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+37%

Jobs based in Osborne, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 71. 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.