Work & commute · Oshkosh

Work & commute in Oshkosh, WI

42% of Oshkosh’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Appleton (5%), Neenah (5%) and Fond du Lac (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

12,507 of 29,444 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,937 Oshkosh residents head out of town to work, 12,507 work right here, and 27,542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oshkosh.

16,937live here, work elsewhere

12,507live and work here

27,542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oshkosh goes to work

Oshkosh (in town)right here

42%12,507

Appleton19.7 mi away

5%1,457

Neenah10.6 mi away

5%1,448

Fond du Lac18.4 mi away

5%1,404

Grand Chute19.5 mi away

3%1,026

Fox Crossing14.5 mi away

3%842

Madison77.9 mi away

2%592

Milwaukee72.7 mi away

2%521

Green Bay44.7 mi away

2%455

Ripon18.5 mi away

1%353

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%8,839

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

How far

How far Oshkosh commutes

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

48%

27%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oshkosh is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oshkosh are

40,049 jobs are based in Oshkosh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oshkosh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oshkosh

40,049 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Oshkosh residents hold

29,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Oshkosh, 2013 → 2023: 38,134 → 40,049. 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.