Photo: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. (09/18/1947 - ), Photographer (NARA record: 1105706) · Public domainOsage draws 195 commuters a day, with 6.5 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Osage for work; outside it, Morgantown is the main destination (33%, 4 miles). There are 195 jobs in Osage for 30 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Osage, and who commutes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work and none work right 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.
Where Osage’s workers come from
Where Osage clocks in
33% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Osage: what the 195 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osage, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 195. 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 Osage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Osage, by distance
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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Osage
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Granville. Darker towns draw more of Osage’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 Osage: questions
Where do people who live in Osage work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgantown (33%, 4 mi), Granville (10%, 1 mi), Westover (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Osage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osage
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.