Work & commute · Oswego

Work & commute in Oswego, KS

About one in 4 of Oswego’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Parsons (20%), Pittsburg (4%) and Coffeyville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

164 of 657 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 493 Oswego residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswego.

493live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswego goes to work

Oswego (in town)right here

25%164

Parsons14.2 mi away

20%133

Pittsburg28.4 mi away

4%26

Coffeyville31.2 mi away

3%21

Columbus14.8 mi away

3%18

North12.7 mi away

2%16

Chetopa9.1 mi away

2%14

Wichita127.9 mi away

2%14

Joplin, MO34.3 mi away

2%13

Overland Park121.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%226

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

How far

How far Oswego commutes

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

30%

32%

17%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswego is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswego are

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

Jobs based in Oswego

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oswego residents hold

657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+13%

Jobs based in Oswego, 2013 → 2023: 448 → 506. 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.