Rackett Grange Hall # 318 · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Oshkosh
4% of workers have no commute at all, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. About one in four work in Oshkosh itself; outside it, North Platte draws the most (6%, 85 miles). The trip to work takes 10 minutes on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Oshkosh in brief
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
Commutes from Oshkosh are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nebraska worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Oshkosh than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Oshkosh fell from 378 in 2013 to 270 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Oshkosh commutes
About 40% 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.
Getting to work from Oshkosh takes about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oshkosh workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
What Oshkosh’s employers do
270 jobs are based in Oshkosh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oshkosh, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 270. 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 Oshkosh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Oshkosh: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Oshkosh: the destinations
Where Oshkosh clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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 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 Oshkosh: questions
What is the median household income in Oshkosh?
$40,391 (±$9,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oshkosh?
17.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oshkosh?
10 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oshkosh work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Platte (6%, 85 mi), O'Neill (4%, 204 mi), Scottsbluff (4%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oshkosh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oshkosh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oshkosh
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.