Household incomes in Osseo are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
Osseo grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 13.1% of residents, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. About one in five stay in Osseo for work; outside it, Eau Claire is the main destination (15%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Osseo
Osseo is where the jobs are
Osseo has 1,685 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Osseo and Eau Claire trade workers both ways
Eau Claire is the top workplace for Osseo residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Osseo come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Osseo’s workers comes from Eau Claire
163 of the people who work in Osseo live in Eau Claire, 22 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Osseo
On income, poverty and job access, Osseo is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Osseo’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($59,548, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Osseo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Osseo could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Osseo by day and by night
On a workday 779 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 1,488 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Osseo on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 towns that send workers to Osseo
Where Osseo clocks in
3% 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 39% of work in Osseo
1,685 jobs are based in Osseo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osseo, 2013 → 2023: 1,599 → 1,685. 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 Osseo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Osseo: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Osseo workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 761 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% 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 Osseo commutes
About 27% 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.
Osseo is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Osseo is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 851 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). 6.1% of Osseo households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Osseo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Osseo places 3,534th of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 44 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,532 | Snow Shoe Township PA | 1,570 | $66K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,533 | Mart TX | 1,847 | $63K | 14.7% | 8.4% | 7% | C |
| 3,534 | Osseo WI | 1,842 | $60K | 13.1% | 0.8% | 20% | C |
| 3,535 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 2,472 | $61K | 14.5% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,536 | Potosi Township KS | 1,876 | $61K | 6.9% | 5.1% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Osseo, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Osseo: questions
What is the median household income in Osseo?
$59,548 (±$4,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Osseo?
13.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Osseo?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Osseo work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (15%, 22 mi), Whitehall (8%, 16 mi), La Crosse (3%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Osseo walkable?
Osseo is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Osseo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osseo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osseo
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.