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Jobs & commute in Asherville Township

Beloit draws about half of Asherville Township’s working residents

Only 2% stay in Asherville Township for work; outside it, Beloit is the main destination (46%, 7 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). 44 jobs are based in Asherville Township, against 52 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Asherville Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
43work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night93
Workday85
93live here− 51head out to work+ 43come in to work= 85on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.85jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 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.

The commute map

Where Asherville Township goes to work

PortisSimpson: 1 residents work here (2%)TiptonLewisMiltonvaleMankatoCawker CityDownsArlingtonOsborne: 2 residents work here (4%)Beloit: 24 residents work here (46%)Concordia: 3 residents work here (6%)Garden City: 2 residents work here (4%)Salina: 4 residents work here (8%)Manhattan: 2 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 2 residents work here (4%)Topeka: 2 residents work here (4%)Summit TownshipSolomon TownshipLogan TownshipBeloit Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Asherville TownshipBeloitSalinaConcordiaOsborneGarden CityManhattanAsherville Township
1
Beloit7.2 mi away
46%24
2
Salina47 mi away
8%4
3
Concordia20.2 mi away
6%3
4
Osborne38.3 mi away
4%2
5
Garden City184.5 mi away
4%2
6
Manhattan75.4 mi away
4%2
7
Wichita125.1 mi away
4%2
8
Topeka125.3 mi away
4%2
9
Beloit Township6.6 mi away
4%2
10
Simpson4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%8
The top trips

Where Asherville Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Asherville Township, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Asherville TownshipJobs Asherville Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms30%19%
Trade, transport & utilities7%21%
Services: health, schools, offices64%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less45%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%35%
Over $3,333 a month14%44%

Who does it

29 or younger45%35%
30 to 5445%33%
55 and older9%33%
+2100%

Jobs based in Asherville Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 44. 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 Asherville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Asherville Township

Working from home
0%

of Asherville Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Asherville Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

The distance from Asherville Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBeloit: 46% · 7.2 miSalina: 8% · 47 miConcordia: 6% · 20.2 miOsborne: 4% · 38.3 miGarden City: 4% · 184.5 miManhattan: 4% · 75.4 miWichita: 4% · 125.1 miTopeka: 4% · 125.3 miBeloit Township: 4% · 6.6 miSimpson: 2% · 4 miBeloit 46%Salina 8%Concordia 6%Osborne 4%Garden City 4%Asherville Township
Asherville TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi27 residents
8%10–24 mi4 residents
15%25–50 mi8 residents
25%Over 50 mi13 residents

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.

Next door

Asherville Township and its neighbors

The biggest share goes to Beloit Township (4%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownAsherville Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Asherville Township–————
Logan Townshipunder 2%——20 min—
Beloit Township4%——11 min—
Solomon Townshipunder 2%——24 min—
Summit Townshipunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Logan Township, Beloit Township, Solomon Township and Summit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Asherville Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Asherville Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Asherville Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Asherville Township work?

2% work in town.

Can you get around Asherville 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 Asherville Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Asherville Township

Asherville Township home →

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.