Cimarron Township has lower unemployment (3.0%) than 70% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cimarron Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in four work in Cimarron Township; the top destination outside it is Cimarron (21%, 3 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cimarron Township: the gist
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cimarron Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cimarron Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Cimarron Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cimarron Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The places Cimarron Township commutes to
Where Cimarron Township clocks in
14% 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.
How many people are in Cimarron Township by day
On a workday 613 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 720 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 (1.13 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.
The kinds of work in Cimarron Township
909 jobs are based in Cimarron Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cimarron Township, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 909. 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 Cimarron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Cimarron Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cimarron Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,118 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Cimarron Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
For most of Cimarron Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cimarron Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,171 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). 1.2% of Cimarron Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cimarron Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cimarron Township is 2,624th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 38 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,622 | Dauphin Island AL | 1,929 | $67K | 6.6% | 14.3% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,623 | Princeville IL | 1,713 | $76K | 14.2% | 1.4% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,624 | Cimarron Township KS | 2,407 | $82K | 14.2% | 3.0% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,625 | Weathersfield VT | 2,809 | $83K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,626 | Julian CA | 1,751 | $78K | 5.7% | 3.6% | 20% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cimarron Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Cimarron Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cimarron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron Township | – | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $82,031 |
| Ingalls Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Royal Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ingalls Township, Fairview Township and Royal Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cimarron 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 Cimarron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cimarron Township?
$82,031 (±$8,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cimarron Township?
14.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cimarron Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cimarron Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cimarron (21%, 3 mi), Dodge City (14%, 15 mi), Garden City (9%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cimarron Township walkable?
Cimarron Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cimarron Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cimarron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cimarron 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.