Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Oswayo works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Oswayo itself; outside it, Shinglehouse draws the most (9%, 9 miles). There are 3 jobs in Oswayo, against 43 working residents. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Oswayo
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Oswayo on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Oswayo commutes to
Where Oswayo clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Most jobs in Oswayo are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oswayo, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oswayo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Oswayo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oswayo workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 Oswayo commutes
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Oswayo
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oswayo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswayo | – | — | — | 35 min | $54,219 |
| Oswayo Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oswayo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oswayo’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 2024, 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 Oswayo: questions
What is the median household income in Oswayo?
$54,219 (±$11,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oswayo?
14.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oswayo?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oswayo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shinglehouse (9%, 9 mi), Hebron Township (9%, 4 mi), Olean (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Oswayo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oswayo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oswayo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.