Work & commute · Omro

Work & commute in Omro, WI

Most working residents leave Omro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Oshkosh (35%), Appleton (4%) and Neenah (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 1,716 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,619 Omro residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Omro.

1,619live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Omro goes to work

Oshkosh8.7 mi away

35%608

Omro (in town)right here

6%97

Appleton23.9 mi away

4%74

Neenah15.4 mi away

4%70

Fond du Lac23.6 mi away

4%66

Ripon14.4 mi away

4%64

Fox Crossing18.1 mi away

3%52

Grand Chute22.5 mi away

3%43

Milwaukee77.7 mi away

2%29

Green Bay49.9 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%585

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

How far

How far Omro commutes

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

37%

39%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Omro is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Omro are

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

Jobs based in Omro

916 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Omro residents hold

1,716 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Omro, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 916. 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.