Photo: Kaethesson · CC BY-SA 3.0Oswego Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Oswego Township has 33 jobs; 145 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Oswego Township for work; outside it, Oswego is the main destination (26%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 44% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Oswego Township
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Oswego 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.
Where Oswego Township goes to work
Where Oswego Township clocks in
26% of workers
15% 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.
What Oswego Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oswego Township, 2014 → 2024: 192 → 33. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oswego Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oswego Township: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oswego Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 commuters (the 45% 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.
How far it is to work from Oswego 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.
Around Oswego Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oswego Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $59,464 |
| Montana Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Lola Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Montana Township, Lola Township and Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oswego 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 Oswego Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oswego Township?
$59,464 (±$42,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oswego Township?
5.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oswego Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oswego Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oswego (26%, 2 mi), Parsons (15%, 15 mi), Altamont (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Oswego Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oswego Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oswego 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.