For about half of its working residents, Buckeye Township is a commute to Hays
Only 2% stay in Buckeye Township for work; outside it, Hays is the main destination (49%, 10 miles). Buckeye Township grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working residents average 18 minutes each way, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Buckeye Township apart on work
Nearly half of Buckeye Township works in Hays
263 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Hays, 9.6 miles away. That’s 25 times as many as work in Buckeye Township itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Buckeye Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Buckeye Township fell from 312 in 2014 to 190 in 2024, −39%. 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 ↓
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 534 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Buckeye Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Buckeye Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Buckeye Township’s grade up ($68,693, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Buckeye Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Buckeye Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Out of Buckeye Township to work: where people go
Where Buckeye Township clocks in
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 44% of work in Buckeye Township
190 jobs are based in Buckeye Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckeye Township, 2014 → 2024: 312 → 190. 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 Buckeye Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Buckeye Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Buckeye Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.36 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 2024, primary jobs.
Buckeye Township’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckeye Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Buckeye Township works
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Buckeye Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckeye Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. 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 462 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). 0.0% of Buckeye Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buckeye Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Buckeye Township ranks: 2,825th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,823 | Chatsworth IL | 1,156 | $70K | 16.8% | 8.8% | 4% | D |
| 2,824 | Hildale UT | 1,319 | $79K | 19.3% | 8.9% | 9% | D |
| 2,825 | Buckeye Township KS | 1,142 | $69K | 19.5% | 2.7% | 2% | D |
| 2,826 | Weare Township MI | 1,256 | $55K | 12.2% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| 2,827 | Freehold Township PA | 1,168 | $57K | 13.1% | 5.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Buckeye Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Buckeye Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Big Creek Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckeye Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Township | – | D | D | 18 min | $68,693 |
| Big Creek Township | 8% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $90,333 |
| Herzog Township | 1% | C | B− | 18 min | $77,944 |
| Ogallah Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Township 11 | under 2% | B | B | 14 min | $61,790 |
| Township 9 | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Township 12 | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ogallah Township, Township 9 and Township 12: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buckeye 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 Buckeye Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buckeye Township?
$68,693 (±$35,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckeye Township?
19.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckeye Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckeye Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Buckeye Township walkable?
Buckeye Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckeye 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 Buckeye Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckeye 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.