Photo: Gerald B. Keane · Public domainMore than half of Dodge Township’s working residents commute to Dodge City
Home is the office for 5% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Commuters spend 11 minutes getting to work on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3,399 jobs are based in Dodge Township, against 296 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dodge Township, in a few figures
Dodge Township fills up on a workday
Dodge Township has 3,399 jobs, 11.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,800 people are in town, 5 times the 730 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dodge Township makes and builds things
88% of the jobs based in Dodge Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dodge Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dodge Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 3,359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Dodge Township on a workday afternoon, 423% more than live here.
11.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Dodge Township: where workers come from
Where Dodge Township clocks in
52% of workers
5% 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.
Dodge Township makes things: 88% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodge Township, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 3,399. 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 Dodge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 11 minutes to work from Dodge Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodge Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 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 Dodge Township goes to work
About 19% 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.
52% of Dodge Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dodge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge Township | – | — | — | 11 min | $134,065 |
| Dodge City | 52% | C | B− | 12 min | $68,721 |
| Enterprise Township | under 2% | C | C− | 23 min | $108,824 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Grandview Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township, Grandview Township and Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dodge City. Darker towns draw more of Dodge 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 Dodge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dodge Township?
$134,065 (±$1,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodge Township?
4.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodge Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodge Township work?
14% work in town.
Can you get around Dodge 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 Dodge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodge 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.