Photo: Chris857 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Osceola Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Osceola Township has 250 jobs, against 664 working residents. For jobs and income Osceola Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Osceola Township, in brief
Most Osceola Township residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Osceola Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Osceola Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Osceola Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 23% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 664 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Osceola Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Osceola Township’s grade up (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Osceola Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Osceola Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Osceola Township
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Osceola Township’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osceola Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Osceola Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osceola Township, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 250. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osceola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Osceola Township
On a workday 641 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Osceola Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2021, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Hancock
Where Osceola Township clocks in
19% of workers
18% 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.
Few in Osceola Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 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). 5.6% of Osceola Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Osceola Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Osceola Township is 4,730th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,728 | Auburn KY | 1,742 | $54K | 19.9% | 11.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,729 | Flandreau SD | 2,396 | $49K | 21.9% | 4.9% | 41% | D |
| 4,730 | Osceola Township MI | 1,853 | $57K | 14.5% | 0.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,731 | Burke NY | 1,424 | $64K | 18.5% | 2.1% | 3% | D |
| 4,732 | Oxford Township OH | 1,533 | $53K | 15.8% | 17.3% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 21% of Osceola Township
The biggest share goes to Calumet Township (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Osceola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osceola Township | – | D | B | 16 min | $57,120 |
| Torch Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $69,938 |
| Calumet Township | 15% | D | A− | 15 min | $52,836 |
| Franklin Township | 6% | C | C | 16 min | $78,155 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Osceola 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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Osceola Township?
$57,120 (±$6,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osceola Township?
14.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osceola Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osceola Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hancock (19%, 7 mi), Houghton (18%, 7 mi), Calumet Township (15%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Osceola Township walkable?
Osceola Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osceola Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osceola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osceola Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.