Arvonia School · Photo: MadameGraffigny · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Arvonia Township works elsewhere
22% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). Arvonia Township has 2 jobs; 68 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Arvonia Township; the top destination outside it is Topeka (18%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Arvonia Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 45 people are in Arvonia Township on a workday afternoon, 59% 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.
The places Arvonia Township commutes to
Where Arvonia Township clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Arvonia Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arvonia Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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 Arvonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 39 minutes to work from Arvonia Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arvonia Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 22% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Arvonia Township
About 21% 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.
Work in the towns next to Arvonia Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arvonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvonia Township | – | — | — | 39 min | $102,250 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $74,583 |
| Barclay Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Olivet Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Key West Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Reading Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barclay Township, Olivet Township, Key West Township, Jackson Township and Reading Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arvonia 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 Arvonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arvonia Township?
$102,250 (±$9,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arvonia Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arvonia Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arvonia Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (18%, 40 mi), Osage City (13%, 12 mi), Emporia (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arvonia Township 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 Arvonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arvonia 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.