Custer Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%). Custer Township has 21 jobs, and 48 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Custer Township; the top destination outside it is Beloit (17%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Custer Township by day
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Custer Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where the trip to work from Custer Township ends
Where Custer Township clocks in
13% 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.
Custer Township works in goods: 76% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Custer Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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 Custer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Custer Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Custer Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 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 Custer Township goes to work
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.
The towns around Custer Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Custer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $55,250 |
| Pittsburg Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Blue Hill Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pittsburg Township and Blue Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Custer 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 Custer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Custer Township?
$55,250 (±$27,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Custer Township?
13.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Custer Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Custer Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beloit (17%, 22 mi), Cawker City (13%, 16 mi), Glen Elder (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Custer 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 Custer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Custer 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.