Household incomes in Osburn are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 18.5% of residents (Idaho 10.6%). The two grades for Osburn are D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Osburn; the top destination outside it is Wallace (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Osburn
Osburn makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Osburn are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Osburn residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Osburn pay better than its residents’ jobs
79% of the jobs based in Osburn pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 51% of the jobs Osburn residents hold. 88% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Osburn. The jobs ↓
Osburn has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Osburn went from 375 in 2013 to 647 in 2023, +73%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 474 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Osburn’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Osburn is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Osburn’s grade.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Osburn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Osburn could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Osburn
647 jobs are based in Osburn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osburn, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 647. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Osburn: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Osburn on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Osburn commutes to
Where Osburn clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Osburn: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osburn workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 605 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Osburn
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Osburn, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Osburn is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Osburn near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 679 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Osburn households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Osburn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Osburn sits among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 867 | Robie Creek ID | 1,213 | $106K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Groveland ID | 1,422 | $76K | 2.0% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,461 | Sun Valley ID | 1,776 | $126K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 25% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,346 | Bridgeport AL | 2,275 | $34K | 32.7% | 9.8% | 15% | D− |
| 5,347 | Omega GA | 1,341 | $42K | 34.1% | 2.6% | 7% | D− |
| 5,348 | Osburn ID | 1,673 | $51K | 18.5% | 2.2% | 16% | D− |
| 5,349 | Quitman MS | 1,925 | $48K | 27.7% | 1.5% | 25% | D− |
| 5,350 | Chadbourn NC | 1,539 | $46K | 30.6% | 0.0% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Osburn, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Osburn: questions
What is the median household income in Osburn?
$50,673 (±$12,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osburn?
18.5%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osburn?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osburn work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wallace (18%, 4 mi), Kellogg (10%, 6 mi), Coeur d'Alene (7%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Osburn walkable?
Osburn is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osburn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.