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Jobs & commute in Aubry Township

Household incomes in Aubry Township top those of 92% of U.S. towns

Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. 0.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.3% for Kansas as a whole. For jobs and income Aubry Township is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C).

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

What stands out · In brief

Aubry Township and work: the main findings

A lot of Aubry Township works one town over

44% of working residents work in a town that borders Aubry Township: Overland Park (35%) and Olathe (9%). Next door ↓

Home offices are common in Aubry Township

26% of Aubry Township workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Time on the road ↓

Most jobs in Aubry Township pay over $40,000 a year

76% of the jobs based in Aubry Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓

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.

Jobs & income grade

Inside Aubry Township’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aubry Township is among the top U.S. towns, #3 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.

Household income $134,081 (±$10,519) · KS $74,275 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty 0.7% · KS 11.3% · U.S. 12.5%Among the top U.S. towns
Unemployment 1.2% (±1.2) · KS 3.9% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 93% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 83% of U.S. towns
Kansas towns we grade 151 towns#3 of 151
A+A+

A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aubry Township stays A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

Time on the road

How long Aubry Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
178 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Aubry Township23 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
26%

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

About 3 in 10
How Aubry Township gets to work
96%Drive alone
3%Carpool
1%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 1,690 commuters (the 26% 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Aubry Township

987 jobs are based in Aubry Township.

Jobs based in Aubry TownshipJobs Aubry Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms32%13%
Trade, transport & utilities14%18%
Services: health, schools, offices54%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%17%
Over $3,333 a month76%70%

Who does it

29 or younger20%17%
30 to 5454%51%
55 and older26%31%
+30%

Jobs based in Aubry Township, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 987. 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 Aubry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

How a workday changes Aubry Township

On a workday 1,977 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 905 people come in from elsewhere.

1,977live here, work elsewhere
82live and work here
905work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,700
Workday3,600
4,700live here− 2,000head out to work+ 910come in to work= 3,600on a workday

About 3,600 people are in Aubry Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.48jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 commute map

35% of working residents work in Overland Park

Merriam: 33 residents work here (2%)LouisburgSpring HillLeawood: 99 residents work here (5%)GardnerShawnee: 38 residents work here (2%)Lenexa: 144 residents work here (7%)Overland Park: 711 residents work here (35%)Topeka: 33 residents work here (2%)Kansas City: 113 residents work here (5%)Olathe: 182 residents work here (9%)Kansas City: 263 residents work here (13%)Ten Mile TownshipAubry TownshipSpring Hill TownshipOxford TownshipOverland ParkKansas CityOlatheLenexaKansas CityLeawoodAubry Township
1
Overland Park9 mi away
35%711
2
Kansas City, MO26.7 mi away
13%263
3
Olathe10.2 mi away
9%182
4
Lenexa15 mi away
7%144
5
Kansas City25.1 mi away
5%113
6
Leawood11.2 mi away
5%99
7
Aubry Township (in town)right here
4%82
8
Shawnee18.5 mi away
2%38
9
Merriam17.8 mi away
2%33
10
Topeka56.1 mi away
2%33
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%361
The top trips

Where Aubry 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.

How far

The commute from Aubry Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miOverland Park: 35% · 9 miKansas City: 13% · 26.7 miOlathe: 9% · 10.2 miLenexa: 7% · 15 miKansas City: 5% · 25.1 miLeawood: 5% · 11.2 miShawnee: 2% · 18.5 miMerriam: 2% · 17.8 miTopeka: 2% · 56.1 miOverland Park 35%Kansas City 13%Olathe 9%Lenexa 7%Kansas City 5%Aubry Township
Aubry TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi678 residents
49%10–24 mi1,003 residents
10%25–50 mi205 residents
8%Over 50 mi165 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

For most of Aubry Township, work means a drive

The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.

EPA walkability index 6.4 of 20 · typical KS town 6.8 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 41% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.5% of commuters · KS 3.4% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 21% of U.S. towns
Kansas towns we grade 151 towns#121 of 151
CC

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,282 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.

Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020

Kansas City3.2
Aubry Township0.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Aubry Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aubry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400, Aubry Township ranks 42nd of 3,867 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Riverwoods IL3,766$249K0.7%0.7%2%A+
2Mission Hills KS3,522$250K1.2%0.3%2%A+
3Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
…
34Fairway KS4,181$153K3.1%1.7%1%A+
…
40Northfield IL5,632$162K3.2%2.2%5%A+
41McLendon-Chisholm TX5,629$205K0.9%2.3%1%A+
42Aubry Township KS4,719$134K0.7%1.2%4%A+
43Harding Township NJ3,949$222K3.3%2.2%4%A+
44Todd Creek CO5,379$194K0.5%1.9%3%A+
…
67Minneha Township KS3,472$143K2.1%1.8%1%A+
…
3,867Lake Isabella CA4,059$27K40.7%8.6%18%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 Aubry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.

Next door

Work next door: 44% of Aubry Township’s workers

The biggest share goes to Overland Park (35%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Overland Park20 min
Olathe21 min
Aubry Township23 min
Oxford Township23 min
Ten Mile Township28 min
Spring Hill Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAubry Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Aubry Township–A+C23 min$134,081
Overland Park35%AB+20 min$104,834
Oxford Townshipunder 2%A+D23 min$163,333
Spring Hill Townshipunder 2%B+B32 min$110,536
Ten Mile Townshipunder 2%B+C+28 min$121,875
Olathe9%AB+21 min$114,009

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Aubry 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 Aubry Township: questions

What is the median household income in Aubry Township?

$134,081 (±$10,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Aubry Township?

0.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Aubry Township?

23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Aubry Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Overland Park (35%, 9 mi), Kansas City (13%, 27 mi), Olathe (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Aubry Township walkable?

Aubry Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Aubry Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Aubry Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Aubry Township

Aubry 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. 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.