Households in Dudley Township have lower incomes than those in 86% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. The poverty rate is 8.9%, next to 11.3% for Kansas as a whole. Jobs and income earn Dudley Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dudley Township apart on work
Dudley Township makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Dudley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dudley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Dudley Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dudley Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dudley Township fell from 709 in 2013 to 494 in 2023, −30%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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 432 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Dudley Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dudley Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dudley Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Dudley 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, Dudley Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Dudley Township works in goods: 67% of its jobs
494 jobs are based in Dudley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dudley Township, 2013 → 2023: 709 → 494. 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 Dudley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Dudley Township: about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dudley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 3% 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.
In and out of Dudley Township on a workday
On a workday 384 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Haskell Township
Where Dudley Township clocks in
14% 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.
How many miles Dudley Township commutes
About 27% 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.
Most trips from Dudley Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dudley Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 466 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Dudley Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dudley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Dudley Township ranks 3,954th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 52 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 56 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 69 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,952 | Washington Township IN | 1,477 | $74K | 19.0% | 0.0% | 2% | C− |
| 3,953 | Center-District 1 Township KS | 1,498 | $68K | 13.0% | 0.0% | 13% | C− |
| 3,954 | Dudley Township KS | 1,350 | $52K | 8.9% | 2.7% | 11% | C− |
| 3,955 | Newfield ME | 1,693 | $57K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,956 | Farmersburg IN | 1,067 | $54K | 12.7% | 2.4% | 3% | C− |
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| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Dudley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns next door employ 22% of Dudley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dudley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Township | – | C− | B+ | 10 min | $51,583 |
| Haskell Township | 22% | C− | B | 23 min | $71,667 |
| Seward Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Ivanhoe Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Seward Township and Ivanhoe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Haskell Township. Darker towns draw more of Dudley 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 Dudley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dudley Township?
$51,583 (±$14,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dudley Township?
8.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dudley Township?
10 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dudley Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Haskell Township (22%, 7 mi), Sublette (14%, 11 mi), Garden City (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dudley Township walkable?
Dudley Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dudley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dudley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dudley 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.