Photo: Tysto · Public domainOsceola has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For jobs and income Osceola is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). 368 jobs are based in Osceola; 913 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Osceola; the top destination outside it is Elkhart (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Osceola, in brief
Most Osceola residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Osceola’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Indiana average of 24. Time on the road ↓
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 913 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Osceola’s grade
Job access by car holds Osceola’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Osceola could be anywhere from C to A.
How far Osceola goes to work
About 16% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Osceola
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osceola workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,125 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Osceola on a workday afternoon
On a workday 906 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Osceola on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Osceola goes to work
Where Osceola clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
16% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Osceola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osceola, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 368. 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 Osceola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Osceola is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,310 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). 0.8% of Osceola households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Osceola’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Osceola is 2,088th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,086 | Marshall VA | 3,219 | $94K | 20.6% | 2.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,087 | Springfield GA | 3,344 | $63K | 8.4% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,088 | Osceola IN | 2,586 | $67K | 14.5% | 3.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,089 | St. Anne Township IL | 1,944 | $90K | 3.1% | 7.9% | 11% | B− |
| 2,090 | Port Angeles East WA | 3,137 | $68K | 4.7% | 3.2% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Osceola, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Osceola: questions
What is the median household income in Osceola?
$66,503 (±$6,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osceola?
14.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osceola?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osceola work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (18%, 6 mi), South Bend (16%, 10 mi), Mishawaka (16%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Osceola walkable?
Osceola is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osceola without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osceola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osceola
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.