Cottonwood River Bridge · Photo: Jstropes1990 · CC BY-SA 3.0Falls Township has lower household incomes than 86% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Falls Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). Poverty touches 9.4% of residents, against 11.3% across Kansas. About one in four work in Falls Township; the top destination outside it is Cottonwood Falls (23%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Falls Township, in a few figures
Falls Township and Cottonwood Falls trade workers both ways
Cottonwood Falls is the top workplace for Falls Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Falls Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Falls Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Falls Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Falls Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Falls Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The places Falls Township commutes to
Where Falls Township clocks in
23% of workers
21% of workers
8% 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 Falls Township’s workers travel
About 36% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Falls Township
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Falls Township makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
455 jobs are based in Falls Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falls Township, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 455. 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 Falls Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Falls Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falls Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 497 commuters (the 11% 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.
Falls Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 556 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). 5.7% of Falls Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Falls Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Falls Township is 2,305th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,303 | Factoryville PA | 1,089 | $54K | 21.8% | 12.7% | 4% | C− |
| 2,304 | Booker TX | 1,379 | $69K | 15.1% | 5.4% | 22% | C− |
| 2,305 | Falls Township KS | 1,065 | $52K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 24% | C− |
| 2,306 | Perry Township OH | 1,325 | $70K | 20.0% | 7.3% | 2% | C− |
| 2,307 | South Creek Township PA | 1,106 | $57K | 17.1% | 8.1% | 2% | 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 Falls Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Falls Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cottonwood Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Falls Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | – | C− | A− | 21 min | $51,542 |
| Bazaar Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Toledo Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Strong Township | 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Diamond Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Cottonwood Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bazaar Township, Toledo Township, Strong Township, Diamond Creek Township and Cottonwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Falls 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 Falls Township: questions
What is the median household income in Falls Township?
$51,542 (±$8,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falls Township?
9.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falls Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falls Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cottonwood Falls (23%, 2 mi), Emporia (21%, 19 mi), Topeka (8%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falls Township walkable?
Falls Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falls Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falls Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falls 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.