With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Oso works elsewhere
For 39% of workers, the job is at home, against 20% across Washington. 32 jobs are based in Oso; 85 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Oso; the top destination outside it is Everett (15%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oso on a workday afternoon
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Oso on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Commuting out of Oso: the destinations
Where Oso clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Oso works in goods: 47% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oso, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 32. 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 Oso’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oso
of Oso workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Oso
About 24% 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 Oso: questions
What is the median household income in Oso?
$140,486 (±$69,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oso?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oso work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (15%, 26 mi), Arlington (11%, 13 mi), Seattle (9%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oso 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 Oso, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oso
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.