Work & commute · Osborn

Work & commute in Osborn, MO

Most working residents leave Osborn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (26%), Kansas City (12%) and Cameron (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 167 Osborn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osborn.

167live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osborn goes to work

St. Joseph24.7 mi away

26%44

Kansas City44.4 mi away

12%21

Cameron6.6 mi away

4%7

Stewartsville7.6 mi away

3%5

Maysville9.4 mi away

3%5

Claycomo38.6 mi away

3%5

Polk18.7 mi away

3%5

Kearney27.3 mi away

2%4

Wathena, KS30.2 mi away

2%3

Clarksdale11.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%67

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

How far

How far Osborn commutes

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

14%

28%

37%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osborn is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osborn are

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

Jobs based in Osborn

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Osborn residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−9%

Jobs based in Osborn, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 60. 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.