With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cherry Township works elsewhere
26 jobs are based in Cherry Township for 180 working residents. Hardly any work in Cherry Township; the top destination outside it is Independence (18%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Cherry Township
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Cherry Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The places Cherry Township commutes to
Where Cherry Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Cherry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Township, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 26. 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 Cherry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cherry Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 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.
Where in the region Cherry Township works
About 23% 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 Cherry Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $89,342 |
| Drum Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Osage Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| West Cherry Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Drum Creek Township and West Cherry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Osage Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry 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 Cherry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Township?
$89,342 (±$9,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Independence (18%, 10 mi), Cherryvale (10%, 4 mi), Neodesha (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry 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 Cherry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry 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.