Derby Historic District · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Osaka
The Census job records count 51 working residents of Osaka and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers work from home; Virginia has 18%. Hardly any stay in Osaka for work; outside it, Norton is the main destination (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Osaka by day and by night
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Osaka on a workday afternoon, 69% fewer than live here.
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.
Commuting out of Osaka: the destinations
Where Osaka clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Osaka
of Osaka workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% 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.
Half of Osaka commutes less than 20 miles
About 29% 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.
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 Osaka: questions
What is the poverty rate in Osaka?
87.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Osaka work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norton (12%, 10 mi), Big Stone Gap (8%, 6 mi), Kingsport (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Osaka 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 Osaka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osaka
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.