Work & commute · Osceola

Work & commute in Osceola, MO

Most working residents leave Osceola for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (10%), Springfield (7%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

47 of 335 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 288 Osceola residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osceola.

288live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osceola goes to work

Osceola (in town)right here

14%47

Clinton23 mi away

10%34

Springfield62.6 mi away

7%24

Lebanon61.8 mi away

3%10

Bolivar33.9 mi away

3%9

El Dorado Springs21.7 mi away

2%8

Kansas City88 mi away

2%8

Appleton City21.2 mi away

2%6

Humansville18.3 mi away

2%6

Hermitage20.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%177

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

How far

How far Osceola commutes

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

25%

24%

44%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osceola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Osceola are

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

Jobs based in Osceola

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Osceola residents hold

335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−27%

Jobs based in Osceola, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 376. 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.