Jobs and earnings in Emma Township, and the trip to work
Emma Township grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in five stay in Emma Township for work; outside it, Hesston is the main destination (21%, 1 miles). The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Emma Township, in brief
Emma Township makes and builds things
74% of the jobs based in Emma Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Emma Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Emma Township is where the jobs are
Emma Township has 3,044 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Emma Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
74% of the jobs based in Emma Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Emma Township residents hold. 87% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Emma Township. 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.
Inside Emma Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Emma Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #67 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate holds Emma Township’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($75,266, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Emma Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods jobs make up 74% of work in Emma Township
3,044 jobs are based in Emma Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emma Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,761 → 3,044. 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 Emma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Emma Township by day
On a workday 1,407 residents head out to work, 383 work right here, and 2,661 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Emma Township on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Where the people who work in Emma Township live
Where Emma Township clocks in
21% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Time on the road from Emma Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emma Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,414 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.
How many miles Emma Township commutes
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.
Getting around Emma Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Emma Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #67 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,572 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). 1.7% of Emma Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Emma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Emma Township ranks: 1,629th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 32 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,627 | Wintersville OH | 3,660 | $77K | 8.1% | 2.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,628 | Bangor PA | 5,118 | $70K | 9.5% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,629 | Emma Township KS | 4,017 | $75K | 7.0% | 3.7% | 21% | B |
| 1,630 | Big Coppitt Key FL | 3,109 | $105K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,631 | Lyman ME | 4,713 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Emma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door to Emma Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Township | – | B | B | 18 min | $75,266 |
| Meridian Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Garden Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Macon Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Meridian Township, Garden Township, Highland Township and Macon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emma 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 Emma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Emma Township?
$75,266 (±$13,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emma Township?
7.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emma Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emma Township work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hesston (21%, 1 mi), Wichita (17%, 31 mi), Newton (17%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Emma Township walkable?
Emma Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Emma Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emma 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.