Oxley Barn · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0How Baker Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Baker Township grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in three stay in Baker Township for work; outside it, Quinter is the main destination (24%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Baker Township: the gist
Baker Township and Quinter trade workers both ways
Quinter is the top workplace for Baker Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Baker Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Baker Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Baker Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Baker Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Baker Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Baker Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Baker Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Baker Township’s working residents head each day
Where Baker Township clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Baker Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Baker Township: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baker Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 611 commuters (the 5% 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 a workday changes Baker Township
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 146 work right here, and 389 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 (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Baker Township: 535 jobs
535 jobs are based in Baker Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baker Township, 2014 → 2024: 658 → 535. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baker Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Baker Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baker Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 641 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Baker Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baker Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,337th of 4,866: where Baker Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 49 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 96 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 2,335 | West Salem OH | 1,430 | $62K | 13.9% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,336 | Franklin Township IN | 1,679 | $85K | 13.3% | 0.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,337 | Baker Township KS | 1,264 | $73K | 5.9% | 2.8% | 32% | C+ |
| 2,338 | Colebrook Township OH | 1,149 | $60K | 8.1% | 3.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,339 | Waleska GA | 1,042 | $56K | 6.5% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Baker Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work in the towns next to Baker Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Township | – | C+ | A− | 15 min | $72,500 |
| Larrabee Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Collyer Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Payne Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Bryant Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Larrabee Township, Collyer Township, Payne Township and Bryant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baker 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 2024, 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 Baker Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baker Township?
$72,500 (±$13,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baker Township?
5.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baker Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baker Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quinter (24%, 4 mi), Oakley (6%, 35 mi), Hays (4%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Baker Township walkable?
Baker Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baker Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baker Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baker Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.