With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Osage Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Employers in Osage Township report 22 jobs, and 347 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Osage Township at work: what stands out
Osage Township is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Osage Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Osage Township has about 650 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Osage Township and Parsons trade workers both ways
Parsons is the top workplace for Osage Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Osage Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Osage Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Osage Township
On a workday 347 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Osage Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Parsons
Where Osage Township clocks in
33% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Osage Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osage Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Osage Township makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osage Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Osage Township
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Osage Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Osage Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $80,694 |
| Parsons | 33% | C | B | 13 min | $52,428 |
| Mound Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Cherry Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Shiloh Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mound Valley Township, Cherry Township and Shiloh Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Parsons. Darker towns draw more of Osage 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 2024, 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 Osage Township: questions
What is the median household income in Osage Township?
$80,694 (±$26,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osage Township?
0.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osage Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osage Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (33%, 10 mi), Altamont (7%, 13 mi), Coffeyville (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Osage Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osage Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osage Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.