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Work & commute · Oshawa

Work & commute in Oshawa, MN

Most working residents leave Oshawa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Peter (24%), Mankato (20%) and North Mankato (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
8 of 261 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 253 Oshawa residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oshawa.

253live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
123work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oshawa goes to work

NicolletKasotaLake CrystalEagle LakeGaylordLe SueurSt. PeterNorth MankatoNew UlmMankatoMinneapolisGranbySouth BendBelgradeOshawaTraverseKasotaSt. PeterMankatoNorth MankatoNicolletNew UlmMinneapolisSouth BendKasotaLe SueurOshawa
1
St. Peter5.4 mi away
24%62
2
Mankato10.4 mi away
20%51
3
North Mankato8.6 mi away
8%22
4
Nicollet6.2 mi away
3%8
5
New Ulm19.7 mi away
3%8
6
Oshawa (in town)right here
3%8
7
Minneapolis60.2 mi away
3%7
8
South Bend11.4 mi away
2%6
9
Kasota6.4 mi away
2%5
10
Le Sueur14.1 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%80

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

How far

How far Oshawa commutes

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

53%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oshawa is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oshawa are

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

Jobs based in Oshawa

131 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Oshawa residents hold

261 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+1%

Jobs based in Oshawa, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 131. 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.

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