With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Osage Township works elsewhere
Osage Township has 257 jobs for 593 working residents. The two grades for Osage Township are D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Osage Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Osage Township: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Osage Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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 593 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Osage Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Osage Township is better than 3% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Osage Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Osage Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Osage Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
Short hops and long hauls from Osage Township
About 37% 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.
Commuting from Osage Township: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osage Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 800 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Osage Township
On a workday 517 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Osage Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
13% of working residents work in Butler
Where Osage Township clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Osage Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osage Township, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 257. 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 Osage Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Osage Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Osage Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Osage Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 864 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). 11.6% of Osage Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Osage Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, and where Osage Township sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 55 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,072 | Newton TX | 1,595 | $56K | 25.4% | 9.7% | 10% | D− |
| 5,073 | Kilmarnock VA | 1,457 | $40K | 23.1% | 2.8% | 16% | D− |
| 5,074 | Osage Township MO | 1,660 | $52K | 25.5% | 6.3% | 13% | D− |
| 5,075 | Minorca LA | 1,430 | $36K | 31.7% | 6.6% | 7% | D− |
| 5,076 | Ferrum VA | 1,774 | $40K | 37.1% | 7.3% | 7% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Osage Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Osage Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Prairie Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Osage Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Township | – | D− | A− | 32 min | $51,625 |
| Lone Oak Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Metz Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| New Home Township | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
| Prairie Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Howard Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lone Oak Township, Metz Township, New Home Township, Prairie Township and Howard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Osage Township: questions
What is the median household income in Osage Township?
$51,625 (±$12,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osage Township?
25.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osage Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osage Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (13%, 12 mi), Rich Hill (9%, 0 mi), Nevada (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Osage Township walkable?
Osage Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osage Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% 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), 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.