Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainEskridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. There are 77 jobs in Eskridge for 219 working residents. Only 4% work in Eskridge; the top destination outside it is Topeka (29%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Eskridge
29% of Eskridge works in Topeka
64 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Topeka, 25 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Eskridge itself. The commute map ↓
Eskridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Eskridge goes to work
Where Eskridge clocks in
29% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Eskridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eskridge workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 6% 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.
Eskridge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Eskridge on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Eskridge is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eskridge, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 77. 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 Eskridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Eskridge’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
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 Eskridge: questions
What is the median household income in Eskridge?
$41,389 (±$8,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eskridge?
26.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eskridge?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eskridge work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (29%, 25 mi), Mission Creek Township (7%, 6 mi), Manhattan (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eskridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eskridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eskridge
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.