Photo: Jackson 913 · CC BY-SA 4.0Basehor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Measured by household income, Basehor is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. There are 1,202 jobs in Basehor for 3,502 working residents. The two grades for Basehor are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Basehor apart
Basehor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Basehor
68% of Basehor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Basehor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Basehor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Basehor went from 785 in 2013 to 1,202 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Basehor and Kansas City trade workers both ways
Kansas City is the top workplace for Basehor residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Basehor come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Basehor earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Basehor is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #50 of 151 in Kansas. Household income holds Basehor’s grade up ($116,769, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Basehor could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Basehor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Basehor workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,957 commuters (the 15% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Basehor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Basehor, 2013 → 2023: 785 → 1,202. 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 Basehor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
15% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Basehor clocks in
11% 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.
A workday in Basehor: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,293 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 993 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Basehor on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where in the region Basehor works
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.
For most of Basehor, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Basehor is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #120 of 151 in Kansas. Both inputs place Basehor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,487 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). 0.3% of Basehor households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Basehor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100, Basehor ranks 1,048th of 2,956 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 251 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,046 | Kasson MN | 7,350 | $93K | 5.5% | 3.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,047 | Satsuma AL | 6,851 | $101K | 5.2% | 5.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Basehor KS | 8,249 | $117K | 7.0% | 6.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Lyman SC | 7,103 | $76K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Blairstown Township NJ | 5,815 | $124K | 3.9% | 5.2% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Basehor, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
15% of Basehor works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Basehor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basehor | – | B+ | C | 29 min | $116,769 |
| Kansas City | 15% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $62,401 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kansas City. Darker towns draw more of Basehor’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 Basehor: questions
What is the median household income in Basehor?
$116,769 (±$10,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Basehor?
7.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Basehor?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Basehor work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (15%, 10 mi), Kansas City (11%, 20 mi), Overland Park (10%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Basehor walkable?
Basehor is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Basehor 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 Basehor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Basehor
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.