Work & commute · Osage

Work & commute in Osage, MO

Most working residents leave Osage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Nevada (25%), Springfield (7%) and Fort Scott (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 109 Osage residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osage.

109live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osage goes to work

Nevada9.8 mi away

25%27

Springfield79.4 mi away

7%8

Fort Scott, KS22.5 mi away

4%4

Joplin63.6 mi away

4%4

Kansas City79.4 mi away

4%4

El Dorado Springs19.4 mi away

3%3

Pittsburg, KS44.1 mi away

2%2

Walker8.6 mi away

2%2

Rich Hill7.6 mi away

2%2

Butler18.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%52

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

How far

How far Osage commutes

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

19%

26%

10%

45%

19%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osage is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osage are

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

Jobs based in Osage

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Osage residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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.