Oshawa Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota. 131 jobs are based in Oshawa Township, and 261 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Oshawa Township for work; outside it, St. Peter is the main destination (24%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oshawa Township, in a few figures
Oshawa Township and St. Peter trade workers both ways
St. Peter is the top workplace for Oshawa Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Oshawa Township come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Oshawa Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Oshawa Township goes to work
Where Oshawa Township clocks in
20% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Oshawa Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oshawa Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Oshawa Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Oshawa 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 2023, primary jobs.
What Oshawa Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oshawa Township, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 131. 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 Oshawa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Oshawa Township goes to work
About 15% 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.
26% of Oshawa Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oshawa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshawa Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $132,353 |
| Kasota Township | 2% | A | C | 21 min | $119,500 |
| Traverse Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Belgrade Township | under 2% | A | D | 18 min | $135,000 |
| St. Peter | 24% | B− | A− | 15 min | $65,122 |
| Granby Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Kasota | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Traverse Township, Granby Township and Kasota: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Peter. Darker towns draw more of Oshawa 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 Oshawa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oshawa Township?
$132,353 (±$18,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oshawa Township?
1.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oshawa Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oshawa Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Peter (24%, 5 mi), Mankato (20%, 10 mi), North Mankato (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oshawa Township without a car?
0% 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 Oshawa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oshawa 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.