Work & commute · Osage Beach

Work & commute in Osage Beach, MO

About one in 3 of Osage Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (7%), Lake Ozark (7%) and Camdenton (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

516 of 1,707 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,191 Osage Beach residents head out of town to work, 516 work right here, and 5,697 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osage Beach.

1,191live here, work elsewhere

516live and work here

5,697work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osage Beach goes to work

Osage Beach (in town)right here

30%516

Jefferson City39.3 mi away

7%116

Lake Ozark4.6 mi away

7%113

Camdenton10.2 mi away

6%108

Springfield74 mi away

4%62

Village of Four Seasons5.5 mi away

2%32

Lebanon32.1 mi away

2%32

Eldon15.3 mi away

2%27

Columbia58.7 mi away

1%23

Rolla50 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%657

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

How far

How far Osage Beach commutes

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

50%

11%

12%

26%

50%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osage Beach is a job hub

3.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Osage Beach are

6,213 jobs are based in Osage Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osage Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osage Beach

6,213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Osage Beach residents hold

1,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+26%

Jobs based in Osage Beach, 2013 → 2023: 4,943 → 6,213. 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.