With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Enterprise Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Enterprise Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Enterprise Township report 76 jobs; 373 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Enterprise Township stands out on work
Enterprise Township and Dodge City trade workers both ways
Dodge City is the top workplace for Enterprise Township residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Enterprise Township come from (66% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Enterprise Township residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Enterprise Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Enterprise Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Enterprise Township has about 720 people in it, 29% 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 373 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Enterprise Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Enterprise Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Enterprise Township’s grade up ($108,824, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (29.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Enterprise Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Enterprise Township could be anywhere from D− to A−.
43% of working residents work in Dodge City
Where Enterprise Township clocks in
43% of workers
23% 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.
How many miles Enterprise Township commutes
About 20% 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 and out of Enterprise Township on a workday
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Enterprise Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 92% of the jobs in Enterprise Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enterprise Township, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 76. 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 Enterprise Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Enterprise Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enterprise Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 614 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.
The commute in Enterprise Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enterprise Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 13.7% of Enterprise Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Enterprise Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Enterprise Township is 1,676th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 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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| 30 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,674 | Adams Township IN | 1,245 | $71K | 25.7% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| 1,675 | Mexico Beach FL | 1,275 | $64K | 5.6% | 8.5% | 11% | C |
| 1,676 | Enterprise Township KS | 1,019 | $109K | 29.1% | 4.7% | 0% | C |
| 1,677 | Brookdale CA | 1,378 | $87K | 14.0% | 7.0% | 1% | C |
| 1,678 | Phelps WI | 1,269 | $71K | 7.2% | 0.8% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Enterprise Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door is work for 25% of Enterprise Township
The biggest share goes to Dodge Township (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enterprise Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Township | – | C | C− | 23 min | $108,824 |
| Grandview Township | 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Dodge Township | 23% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Fort Dodge | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Ford Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grandview Township, Fort Dodge, Ford Township and Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dodge Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enterprise 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 Enterprise Township: questions
What is the median household income in Enterprise Township?
$108,824 (±$75,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enterprise Township?
29.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enterprise Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enterprise Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodge City (43%, 10 mi), Dodge Township (23%, 12 mi), Garden City (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enterprise Township walkable?
Enterprise Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enterprise Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enterprise Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enterprise 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.