Work & commute · Oscar

Work & commute in Oscar, MN

Most working residents leave Oscar for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (53%), Willmar (5%) and Wahpeton (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Oscar residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oscar.

83live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oscar goes to work

Fergus Falls12.3 mi away

53%44

Willmar106.5 mi away

5%4

Wahpeton, ND21 mi away

4%3

Fergus Falls9 mi away

4%3

Aurdal13.8 mi away

2%2

Elizabeth7.7 mi away

2%2

Elizabeth5.8 mi away

1%1

Battle Lake26.4 mi away

1%1

Randall86 mi away

1%1

Breckenridge20.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%21

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

How far

How far Oscar commutes

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

30%

43%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oscar is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oscar are

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

Jobs based in Oscar

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Oscar residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−50%

Jobs based in Oscar, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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.