Osco Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Osco Township itself; outside it, Geneseo draws the most (15%, 8 miles). Osco Township has 58 jobs, against 180 working residents. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Osco Township
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Osco Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Township goes to work
Where Osco Township clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Osco Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osco Township, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 58. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Osco Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osco Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 17% 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.
How many miles Osco Township commutes
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.
Osco Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Osco Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osco Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $110,119 |
| Western Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 23 min | $99,355 |
| Munson Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Andover Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Edford Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Lynn Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Munson Township, Andover Township, Edford Township and Lynn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Osco Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Osco Township: questions
What is the median household income in Osco Township?
$110,119 (±$38,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osco Township?
2.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osco Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osco Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (15%, 8 mi), Cambridge (11%, 6 mi), Davenport (9%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Osco Township 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osco Township
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.