Liberal draws about half of Fargo Township’s working residents
Only 6% stay in Fargo Township for work; outside it, Liberal is the main destination (48%, 11 miles). The two grades for Fargo Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 4% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fargo Township in brief
Nearly half of Fargo Township works in Liberal
213 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Liberal, 11 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Fargo Township itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Fargo Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fargo Township fell from 458 in 2013 to 200 in 2023, −56%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fargo Township
On income, poverty and job access, Fargo Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fargo Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Fargo 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, Fargo Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where people from Fargo Township work
Where Fargo Township clocks in
48% 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.
A place that makes things: 31% of Fargo Township’s jobs are in goods
200 jobs are based in Fargo Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fargo Township, 2013 → 2023: 458 → 200. 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 Fargo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Fargo Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Fargo Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
From Fargo Township, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fargo Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 3% 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 distance from Fargo Township to work
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 Fargo Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fargo Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fargo Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 663 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). 1.3% of Fargo Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fargo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fargo Township is 2,501st of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 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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| 49 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,499 | Westwood Shores TX | 1,466 | $46K | 2.9% | 7.5% | 2% | C |
| 2,500 | Windsor PA | 1,420 | $64K | 22.3% | 5.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,501 | Fargo Township KS | 1,236 | $61K | 5.5% | 0.4% | 6% | C |
| 2,502 | Maple Grove Township MI | 1,635 | $85K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 1% | C |
| 2,503 | Hopewell Township OH | 1,016 | $71K | 9.3% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Fargo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Fargo Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Liberal Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fargo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo Township | – | C | C− | 16 min | $61,447 |
| Liberal Township | 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Cimarron Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Seward Township | 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberal Township, Cimarron Township and Seward Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fargo 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 Fargo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fargo Township?
$61,447 (±$14,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fargo Township?
5.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fargo Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fargo Township work?
6% work in town.
Is Fargo Township walkable?
Fargo Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fargo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fargo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fargo 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.