With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Elm Grove Township works elsewhere
73 jobs are based in Elm Grove Township for 233 working residents. Only 3% stay in Elm Grove Township for work; outside it, Parsons is the main destination (16%, 19 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Elm Grove Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Elm Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Elm Grove Township commutes to
Where Elm Grove Township clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
What Elm Grove Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elm Grove Township, 2014 → 2024: 60 → 73. 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 Elm Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Elm Grove Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elm Grove Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Elm Grove Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 26% 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.
Around Elm Grove Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elm Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $64,792 |
| Hackberry Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Howard Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 23 min | $69,107 |
| Canada Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hackberry Township, Howard Township and Canada Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elm Grove 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 Elm Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elm Grove Township?
$64,792 (±$22,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elm Grove Township?
9.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elm Grove Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elm Grove Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (16%, 19 mi), Coffeyville (14%, 18 mi), Altamont (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elm Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elm Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elm Grove 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.