Work means Elko for more than half of Osino’s working residents
Below the poverty line: 1.0% of residents, next to 12.4% across Nevada. Jobs and income earn Osino B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 1% work in Osino; the top destination outside it is Elko (53%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Osino
More than half of Osino works in Elko
154 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Elko, 9 miles away. That’s 53 times as many as work in Osino itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Osino than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Osino fell from 566 in 2013 to 206 in 2023, −64%. 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 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Osino’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Osino is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Osino’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Osino’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Osino could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Osino: the destinations
Where Osino clocks in
53% of workers
2% 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Osino
206 jobs are based in Osino.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osino, 2013 → 2023: 566 → 206. 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 Osino’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Osino: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 289 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 202 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.
0.70 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 daily trip from Osino: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osino workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 461 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Osino commutes
About 22% 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.
Most of Osino commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Osino is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Osino 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 488 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). 3.6% of Osino households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Osino’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Osino ranks 905th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Mogul NV | 1,050 | $145K | 2.3% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 567 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 903 | Patterson Township OH | 1,422 | $101K | 5.2% | 0.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 904 | Rock Spring GA | 1,183 | $118K | 6.7% | 11.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 905 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 906 | Prairie Township IN | 1,780 | $84K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 907 | Middleville Township MN | 1,041 | $118K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,102 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Osino, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
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 Osino: questions
What is the median household income in Osino?
$92,756 (±$61,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osino?
1.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osino?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osino work?
1% work in town.
Is Osino walkable?
Osino is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osino 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 Osino, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osino
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.