Keystone Ranch · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cedar Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Cedar Township has 7 jobs for 23 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cedar Township for work; outside it, Cottonwood Falls is the main destination (30%, 20 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cedar Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Cedar Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Cedar Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cedar Township clocks in
30% of workers
22% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Cedar Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. 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 Cedar Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cedar Township
of Cedar Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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.
Cedar Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Work in the towns next to Cedar Township
The biggest share goes to Cottonwood Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Homestead Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Doyle Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 5% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sycamore Township | under 5% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Homestead Township, Cottonwood Township, Doyle Township, Lincoln Township and Sycamore Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar 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 Cedar Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cedar Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cottonwood Falls (30%, 20 mi), Emporia (22%, 37 mi), Strong Township (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar 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 Cedar Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar 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.