Work & commute · Osakis

Work & commute in Osakis, MN

Most working residents leave Osakis for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (38%), Sauk Centre (5%) and Glenwood (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 812 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 755 Osakis residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osakis.

755live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osakis goes to work

Alexandria10.8 mi away

38%307

Osakis (in town)right here

7%57

Sauk Centre13.1 mi away

5%38

Glenwood17.9 mi away

4%29

Long Prairie15.9 mi away

2%20

La Grand14.7 mi away

2%19

St. Cloud52.9 mi away

2%16

Osakis3.7 mi away

2%15

Alexandria8 mi away

2%14

Carlos10 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%284

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

How far

How far Osakis commutes

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

16%

58%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osakis is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osakis are

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

Jobs based in Osakis

388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Osakis residents hold

812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Osakis, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 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.