Cottage Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Cottage Hill Township itself; outside it, Waterville draws the most (18%, 6 miles). There are 3 jobs in Cottage Hill Township, and 66 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Cottage Hill Township
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Cottage Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Cottage Hill Township work
Where Cottage Hill Township clocks in
18% of workers
17% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Cottage Hill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cottage Hill Township, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cottage Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cottage Hill Township
of Cottage Hill Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 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 many miles Cottage Hill Township commutes
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Cottage Hill Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cottage Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Hill Township | – | — | — | — | $49,464 |
| Blue Rapids Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Waterville Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Swede Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Rapids Township, Lincoln Township, Waterville Township and Swede Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cottage Hill 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 2024, 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 Cottage Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cottage Hill Township?
$49,464 (±$34,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cottage Hill Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cottage Hill Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterville (18%, 6 mi), Marysville (17%, 18 mi), Blue Rapids (11%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cottage Hill 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 Cottage Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cottage Hill Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.