Sage Inn · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Dover Township is a commute to Topeka
Only 3% stay in Dover Township for work; outside it, Topeka is the main destination (52%, 11 miles). Jobs and income earn Dover Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Dover Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dover Township apart
More than half of Dover Township works in Topeka
388 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Topeka, 11 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Dover Township itself. The commute map ↓
Dover Township is a place people come home to
There are 218 jobs based in Dover Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dover Township has about 1,200 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 749 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Dover Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Dover Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dover Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.1%) is left out: Dover Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dover Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Dover Township ends
Where Dover Township clocks in
52% of workers
3% 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.
Dover Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The kinds of work in Dover Township
218 jobs are based in Dover Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 218. 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 Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dover Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 645 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Dover Township works
About 16% 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.
In Dover Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dover Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 716 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.2% of Dover Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Dover Township ranks: 561st of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 559 | Eagle Creek Township IN | 1,750 | $100K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 5% | A− |
| 560 | Chester Township OH | 2,037 | $113K | 8.5% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 561 | Dover Township KS | 1,707 | $113K | 2.5% | 0.1% | 3% | A− |
| 562 | Monroe WI | 1,276 | $107K | 1.8% | 1.0% | 2% | A− |
| 563 | Pendergrass GA | 1,919 | $90K | 4.2% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
10% of Dover Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Mission Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | A− | C− | 20 min | $112,679 |
| Silver Lake Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $57,097 |
| Rossville Township | under 2% | C | B | 22 min | $63,462 |
| Mission Township | 6% | A | C− | 19 min | $121,565 |
| Auburn Township | 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $89,023 |
| Mission Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Maple Hill Township | under 2% | B | C− | 31 min | $95,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mission Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dover 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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$112,679 (±$27,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
2.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Dover Township walkable?
Dover Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.