Most of Centropolis Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%. Centropolis Township has 50 jobs, and 440 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Centropolis Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Centropolis Township
Centropolis Township is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Centropolis Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Centropolis Township has about 660 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Centropolis Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 440 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Centropolis Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Centropolis Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Centropolis Township’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,344, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Centropolis Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centropolis Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Centropolis Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Centropolis Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Centropolis Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centropolis Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 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.
17% of working residents work in Ottawa
Where Centropolis Township clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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.
In Centropolis Township, 60% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centropolis Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 50. 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 Centropolis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Centropolis Township
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Centropolis Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centropolis Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 422 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 Centropolis Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centropolis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centropolis Township places 1,359th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,357 | Thunder Mountain NM | 1,366 | $47K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,358 | Smith Township IN | 1,096 | $67K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,359 | Centropolis Township KS | 1,045 | $64K | 7.7% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,360 | Bronson Township MI | 1,306 | $78K | 8.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,361 | Gulich Township PA | 1,188 | $82K | 9.8% | 3.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Centropolis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Centropolis Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ottawa Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centropolis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centropolis Township | – | C+ | D | 23 min | $64,344 |
| Appanoose Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hayes Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Ottawa Township | 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Greenwood Township | under 3% | — | — | 48 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Appanoose Township, Marion Township, Hayes Township, Ottawa Township and Greenwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Centropolis 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 Centropolis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Centropolis Township?
$64,344 (±$8,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centropolis Township?
7.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centropolis Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centropolis Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (17%, 8 mi), Overland Park (7%, 39 mi), Lenexa (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centropolis Township walkable?
Centropolis Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centropolis 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 Centropolis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centropolis 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. 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.