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Jobs & commute in Osgood

Work, pay and getting to work in Osgood

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any work in Osgood itself; outside it, Trenton draws the most (30%, 16 miles). The Census job records count 10 working residents of Osgood and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Osgood by day and by night

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night23
Workday13
23live here− 10head out to work+ 0come in to work= 13on a workday

About 13 people are in Osgood on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Osgood ends

Blakesburg: 1 residents work here (10%)OsgoodMilan: 2 residents work here (20%)Brookfield: 1 residents work here (10%)Trenton: 3 residents work here (30%)Chillicothe: 1 residents work here (10%)Marion Township: 1 residents work here (10%)TrentonMilanBlakesburgBrookfieldChillicotheMarion TownshipOsgood
1
Trenton15.5 mi away
30%3
2
Milan12 mi away
20%2
3
Blakesburg, IA64.8 mi away
10%1
4
Brookfield31.9 mi away
10%1
5
Chillicothe29.7 mi away
10%1
6
Marion Township25.4 mi away
10%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%1
The top trips

Where Osgood clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Osgood

Working from home
0%

of Osgood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Osgood gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Miles to work from Osgood

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miTrenton: 30% · 15.5 miMilan: 20% · 12 miBlakesburg: 10% · 64.8 miBrookfield: 10% · 31.9 miChillicothe: 10% · 29.7 miMarion Township: 10% · 25.4 miTrenton 30%Milan 20%Blakesburg 10%Brookfield 10%Chillicothe 10%Osgood
OsgoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi5 residents
30%25–50 mi3 residents
20%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 20% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Osgood: questions

What is the poverty rate in Osgood?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Osgood work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (30%, 16 mi), Milan (20%, 12 mi), Blakesburg (10%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Osgood without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Osgood, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Osgood

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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.