Work & commute · Osseo

Work & commute in Osseo, WI

About one in 5 of Osseo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (15%), Whitehall (8%) and La Crosse (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

197 of 976 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 779 Osseo residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 1,488 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osseo.

779live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

1,488work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osseo goes to work

Osseo (in town)right here

20%197

Eau Claire21.5 mi away

15%148

Whitehall16.3 mi away

8%82

La Crosse52.2 mi away

3%34

Altoona18.8 mi away

2%21

Menomonie40.3 mi away

2%18

Augusta8.2 mi away

2%17

Union24.6 mi away

2%17

Black River Falls26.8 mi away

1%12

Chippewa Falls26 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%418

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

How far

How far Osseo commutes

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

26%

35%

12%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osseo is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Osseo are

1,685 jobs are based in Osseo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osseo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osseo

1,685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Osseo residents hold

976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in Osseo, 2013 → 2023: 1,599 → 1,685. 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.