Work & commute · Osborne

Work & commute in Osborne, KS

About one in 4 of Osborne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Downs (10%), Natoma (7%) and Beloit (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

125 of 512 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 387 Osborne residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osborne.

387live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osborne goes to work

Osborne (in town)right here

24%125

Downs9.2 mi away

10%52

Natoma24.6 mi away

7%36

Beloit31.6 mi away

4%23

Hays51 mi away

4%20

Smith Center23.5 mi away

3%16

Cawker City15 mi away

3%14

Russell39.1 mi away

2%12

Wichita141.3 mi away

2%11

Glade36.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%193

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.

37%

19%

20%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osborne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Osborne are

524 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

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Osborne residents hold

512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−30%

Jobs based in Osborne, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 524. 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.