Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eudora Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Eudora Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Eudora Township has 1,340 jobs, against 3,824 working residents. The two grades for Eudora Township are A for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eudora Township at work: what stands out
A lot of Eudora Township works from home
22% of Eudora Township workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Time on the road ↓
Eudora Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eudora Township went from 931 in 2013 to 1,340 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
Eudora Township empties out on a workday
About 5,400 people are in Eudora Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 7,900 who live here: 3,400 head out to work and 930 come in. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Eudora Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eudora Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #11 of 151 in Kansas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eudora Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eudora Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
From Eudora Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eudora Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,259 commuters (the 22% 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 kinds of work in Eudora Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eudora Township, 2013 → 2023: 931 → 1,340. 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 Eudora Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Eudora Township
On a workday 3,416 residents head out to work, 408 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Eudora Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
24% of working residents work in Lawrence
Where Eudora Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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 far Eudora Township goes to work
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.
For most of Eudora Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eudora Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #114 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 4,201 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Eudora Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eudora Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eudora Township is 252nd of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 250 | Hellam Township PA | 6,007 | $95K | 4.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A |
| 251 | Bainbridge OH | 8,623 | $144K | 3.0% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 252 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| 253 | Courtland Township MI | 9,321 | $107K | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| 254 | Richmond RI | 8,128 | $125K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
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| 476 | Attica Township KS | 9,068 | $94K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Eudora Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work next door: 24% of Eudora Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eudora Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eudora Township | – | A | C | 23 min | $118,632 |
| Reno Township | under 3% | A | D− | 33 min | $76,793 |
| Lexington Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 24 min | $135,068 |
| Wakarusa Township | under 3% | A | C | 23 min | $99,375 |
| Palmyra Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 27 min | $80,562 |
| Sherman Township | under 3% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $127,159 |
| Lawrence | 24% | B+ | A | 20 min | $65,009 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lawrence. Darker towns draw more of Eudora 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 Eudora Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eudora Township?
$118,632 (±$16,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eudora Township?
4.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eudora Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eudora Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence (24%, 9 mi), Eudora (10%, 1 mi), Overland Park (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eudora Township walkable?
Eudora Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eudora Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eudora Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eudora 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.