Photo: Kaethesson · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Canton Township works elsewhere
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. There are 225 jobs in Canton Township for 414 working residents. Only 7% stay in Canton Township for work; outside it, McPherson is the main destination (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Canton Township: the figures worth knowing
Canton Township and McPherson trade workers both ways
McPherson is the top workplace for Canton Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Canton Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Canton Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Canton Township fell from 353 in 2014 to 225 in 2024, −36%. 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 414 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Canton Township commutes to
Where Canton Township clocks in
13% 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.
What Canton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canton Township, 2014 → 2024: 353 → 225. 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 Canton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Canton Township by day and by night
On a workday 385 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Canton Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way for Canton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canton Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 10% 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.
Canton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
The towns around Canton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $71,875 |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Spring Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Battle Hill Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Empire Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 17 min | $95,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lehigh Township, Spring Valley Township and Battle Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canton 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 Canton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canton Township?
$71,875 (±$9,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canton Township?
5.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canton Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canton Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McPherson (19%, 13 mi), McPherson Township (13%, 12 mi), Salina (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Canton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canton 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.