Osco has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Osco has 12 jobs for 51 working residents. Hardly any stay in Osco for work; outside it, Geneseo is the main destination (18%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Osco: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Osco on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Osco goes to work
Where Osco clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
In Osco, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osco, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 12. 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 Osco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Osco
of Osco workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Osco, by distance
About 26% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Osco workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Osco: questions
What is the median household income in Osco?
$72,778 (±$41,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osco?
13.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Osco work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (18%, 10 mi), Davenport (12%, 22 mi), Rock Island (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Osco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osco
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.