Jobs and the daily commute in Buckeye Township
3% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%. Hardly any stay in Buckeye Township for work; outside it, Abilene is the main destination (18%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 114 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 (0.78 per resident).
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 Buckeye Township’s working residents head each day
Where Buckeye Township clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
115 jobs are based in Buckeye Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckeye Township, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 115. 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 Buckeye Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 167 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.
Miles to work from Buckeye Township
About 21% 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.
How Buckeye Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckeye Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $81,964 |
| Hayes Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Willowdale Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Grant Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Cheever Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hayes Township, Willowdale Township and Cheever Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Grant Township: 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 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 Buckeye Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buckeye Township?
$81,964 (±$46,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckeye Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckeye Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckeye Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (18%, 6 mi), Salina (12%, 26 mi), Junction City (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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), 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.