Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Drum Creek Township works elsewhere
There are 100 jobs in Drum Creek Township, and 176 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Drum Creek Township for work; outside it, Independence is the main destination (22%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Drum Creek Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 176 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Drum Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
The places Drum Creek Township commutes to
Where Drum Creek Township clocks in
22% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 49% of the jobs in Drum Creek Township
100 jobs are based in Drum Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drum Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 100. 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 Drum Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Drum Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drum Creek Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 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 it is to work from Drum Creek Township
About 23% 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.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Drum Creek Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drum Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Creek Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $80,855 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Independence Township | 6% | B− | B− | 21 min | $76,306 |
| Independence | 22% | D | B | 17 min | $51,069 |
| Cherry Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sycamore Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Mound Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| West Cherry Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township, Cherry Township, Mound Valley Township and West Cherry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Sycamore Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Independence. Darker towns draw more of Drum Creek 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 Drum Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Drum Creek Township?
$80,855 (±$36,312) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drum Creek Township?
3.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drum Creek Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drum Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Independence (22%, 7 mi), Coffeyville (10%, 14 mi), Cherryvale (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Drum Creek 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 Drum Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drum Creek 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.