Work means Pittsburg for about half of Baker Township’s working residents
3% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%). For jobs and income Baker Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Baker Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Baker Township, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Baker Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Baker Township fell from 828 in 2013 to 426 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Baker Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Baker Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Baker Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Baker Township is a place people come home to
There are 426 jobs based in Baker Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Baker Township has about 2,500 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Baker Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Baker Township
Household income holds Baker Township’s grade up ($99,449, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baker Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Baker Township makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
426 jobs are based in Baker Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baker Township, 2013 → 2023: 828 → 426. 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 Baker Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Baker Township
On a workday 1,406 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Baker Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Half of Baker Township commutes less than 5 miles
About 22% 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 places Baker Township commutes to
Where Baker Township clocks in
48% of workers
4% 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Baker Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 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 1,838 commuters (the 3% 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.
Most trips from Baker Township start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,892 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). 0.7% 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.
Out of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, Baker Township comes 1,448th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 67 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,446 | Madison Township OH | 3,549 | $77K | 9.3% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,447 | Country Club MO | 2,512 | $81K | 6.8% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,448 | Baker Township KS | 3,483 | $99K | 6.8% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,449 | Fitzwilliam NH | 2,500 | $101K | 9.2% | 1.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,450 | Hopewell Township OH | 2,601 | $96K | 6.9% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 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 Baker Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns next door employ 53% of Baker Township
The biggest share goes to Pittsburg (48%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Township | – | B+ | D | 17 min | $99,449 |
| Pittsburg | 48% | C− | A− | 16 min | $43,419 |
| Sheridan Township | under 2% | C | C | 25 min | $56,938 |
| Pleasant View Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Frontenac | 5% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $58,733 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $65,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant View 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 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 Baker Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baker Township?
$99,449 (±$9,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baker Township?
6.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baker Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baker Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Baker Township walkable?
Baker Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% 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), 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.