Work & commute · Osceola

Work & commute in Osceola, NE

Most working residents leave Osceola for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (22%), Lincoln (10%) and Omaha (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

59 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 416 Osceola residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osceola.

416live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osceola goes to work

Columbus20.4 mi away

22%103

Osceola (in town)right here

12%59

Lincoln52.3 mi away

10%48

Omaha78 mi away

8%39

Columbus22.9 mi away

5%22

Grand Island45.7 mi away

3%16

York21.5 mi away

3%14

David City22.6 mi away

2%9

Hastings59.5 mi away

2%8

Stromsburg4.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%150

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.

18%

40%

11%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osceola is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Osceola are

343 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

343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Osceola residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in Osceola, 2013 → 2023: 402 → 343. 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.