Custer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Custer Township; 23 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Custer Township itself; outside it, Oberlin draws the most (22%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 23% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Custer Township
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11 people are in Custer Township on a workday afternoon, 67% 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 Custer Township goes to work
Where Custer Township clocks in
22% of workers
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.
100% of the jobs in Custer Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Working from home in Custer Township
of Custer Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Custer Township
About 43% 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.
Around Custer Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Custer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Jennings Township | under 5% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Dresden Township | under 5% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Center Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jennings Township, Dresden Township, Summit Township and Center 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Custer Township workers work outside Kansas. The job records count 13% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- 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 poverty rate in Custer Township?
54.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Custer Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oberlin (22%, 9 mi), McCook (13%, 36 mi), Hays (9%, 84 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.