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Jobs & commute in Cimarron Township

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Cimarron Township

0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Hardly any work in Cimarron Township; the top destination outside it is Liberal (14%, 22 miles). 26 jobs are based in Cimarron Township; 29 of its residents have a job.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Cimarron Township by day and by night

On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.

29live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night80
Workday77
80live here− 29head out to work+ 26come in to work= 77on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.90jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 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 commute map

Where Cimarron Township’s working residents head each day

BrightonFowlerSpearville: 1 residents work here (3%)Plains: 3 residents work here (10%)Montezuma: 2 residents work here (7%)Meade: 3 residents work here (10%)Arkansas City: 1 residents work here (3%)Garden City: 2 residents work here (7%)PittsburgLiberal: 4 residents work here (14%)Dodge City: 2 residents work here (7%)Hutchinson: 1 residents work here (3%)ManhattanLawrenceOverland ParkCimarron TownshipMeade Center Township: 2 residents work here (7%)West Plains TownshipFargo TownshipLiberalPlainsMeadeMontezumaGarden CityDodge CityCimarron Township
1
Liberal22.3 mi away
14%4
2
Plains12.5 mi away
10%3
3
Meade16.8 mi away
10%3
4
Montezuma34.9 mi away
7%2
5
Garden City63.7 mi away
7%2
6
Dodge City54.1 mi away
7%2
77%2
8
Spearville67.3 mi away
3%1
9
Arkansas City192.3 mi away
3%1
10
Hutchinson158.4 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%8
The top trips

Where Cimarron Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Cimarron Township

Jobs based in Cimarron TownshipJobs Cimarron Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms31%10%
Trade, transport & utilities38%24%
Services: health, schools, offices31%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%28%
Over $3,333 a month77%59%

Who does it

29 or younger23%21%
30 to 5438%55%
55 and older38%24%
−80%

Jobs based in Cimarron Township, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 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 Cimarron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cimarron Township

Working from home
0%

of Cimarron Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Cimarron Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 3 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.

How far

Cimarron Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLiberal: 14% · 22.3 miPlains: 10% · 12.5 miMeade: 10% · 16.8 miMontezuma: 7% · 34.9 miGarden City: 7% · 63.7 miDodge City: 7% · 54.1 miMeade Center Township: 7% · 14 miSpearville: 3% · 67.3 miArkansas City: 3% · 192.3 miHutchinson: 3% · 158.4 miLiberal 14%Plains 10%Meade 10%Montezuma 7%Garden City 7%Cimarron Township
Cimarron TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi2 residents
38%10–24 mi11 residents
14%25–50 mi4 residents
41%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 41% 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.

Next door

Cimarron Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownCimarron Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cimarron Township–————
Fargo Townshipunder 4%CC−16 min$61,447
West Plains Townshipunder 4%DD15 min$72,273

Same-state neighbors only. 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cimarron Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cimarron Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cimarron Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Liberal (14%, 22 mi), Plains (10%, 12 mi), Meade (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cimarron 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 Cimarron Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cimarron Township

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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.