Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Appleton Township
For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Kansas has 12%. About one in seven stay in Appleton Township for work; outside it, Ashland is the main destination (19%, 16 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Appleton Township at work: what stands out
Appleton Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Appleton Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Appleton Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Appleton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Appleton Township ends
Where Appleton Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Time on the road from Appleton Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Appleton Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Appleton Township
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Appleton Township’s 296 jobs
296 jobs are based in Appleton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Appleton Township, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 296. 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 Appleton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Appleton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
The towns around Appleton Township
The biggest share goes to Englewood Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Appleton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $62,500 |
| Englewood Township | 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Lexington Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Englewood Township, Bloom Township and Lexington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Appleton Township’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 Appleton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Appleton Township?
$62,500 (±$8,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Appleton Township?
12.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Appleton Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Appleton Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (19%, 16 mi), Minneola (14%, 6 mi), Dodge City (11%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Appleton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Appleton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Appleton Township
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.