Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Ford Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Employers in Ford Township report 45 jobs, against 103 working residents. Hardly any work in Ford Township itself; outside it, Dodge City draws the most (26%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Ford Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Ford Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Ford Township’s residents
Where Ford Township clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 62% of the jobs in Ford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ford Township, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 45. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ford Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ford Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 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.
Ford Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Ford Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $87,000 |
| Spearville Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $72,754 |
| Grandview Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bucklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Enterprise Township | under 2% | C | C− | 23 min | $108,824 |
| Sodville Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grandview Township, Bucklin Township and Sodville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ford 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 2024, 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 Ford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ford Township?
$87,000 (±$30,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ford Township?
5.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ford Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ford Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodge City (26%, 16 mi), Bucklin (8%, 10 mi), Dodge Township (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ford Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.