Elias H. Geiger House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ossian works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. Ossian has 58 jobs; 332 of its residents have a job. For 10% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ossian apart on work
The workday shuffle in and out of Ossian
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Ossian on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
11% of working residents work in North Dansville
Where Ossian clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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, not services: 88% of the jobs in Ossian
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ossian, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 58. 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 Ossian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Ossian
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ossian workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ossian
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.
Next door is work for 11% of Ossian
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ossian workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossian | – | — | — | 30 min | $71,738 |
| North Dansville | 11% | C+ | A | 26 min | $57,265 |
| Burns | under 3% | C− | B | 27 min | $64,491 |
| Nunda | under 3% | C− | A | 32 min | $64,688 |
| Grove | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| West Sparta | under 3% | C | C− | 29 min | $72,917 |
| Dansville | under 3% | C− | C− | 26 min | $69,400 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Dansville. Darker towns draw more of Ossian’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 Ossian: questions
What is the median household income in Ossian?
$71,738 (±$6,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ossian?
10.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ossian?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ossian work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Dansville (11%, 5 mi), Geneseo (7%, 20 mi), Rochester (5%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ossian without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ossian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ossian
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.