Work & commute · Oso

Work & commute in Oso, WA

Most working residents leave Oso for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (15%), Arlington (11%) and Seattle (9%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Oso residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oso.

85live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oso goes to work

Everett25.7 mi away

15%13

Arlington13.2 mi away

11%9

Seattle50.3 mi away

9%8

Marysville18 mi away

6%5

Bellevue48.8 mi away

4%3

Mill Creek32.1 mi away

2%2

Woodinville38 mi away

2%2

Monroe29.6 mi away

2%2

Mount Vernon20.4 mi away

2%2

Kirkland42.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%37

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

How far

How far Oso commutes

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

36%

40%

24%

0%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oso is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oso are

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

Jobs based in Oso

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Oso residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+540%

Jobs based in Oso, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 32. 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.