Most of Fremont Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 19 minutes each way, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Fremont Township report 61 jobs for 388 working residents. Home is the office for 14% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fremont Township in brief
42% of Fremont Township works in Emporia
162 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Emporia, 7.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 14 times as many as work in Fremont Township itself. The commute map ↓
Fremont Township is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Fremont Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fremont Township has about 520 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. 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; with 388 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
42% of working residents work in Emporia
Where Fremont Township clocks in
42% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Fremont Township
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Fremont Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 80% of the jobs in Fremont Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 61. 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 Fremont Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Fremont Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fremont Township
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.
Fremont Township and its neighbors: 42% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fremont Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $92,455 |
| Emporia Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Americus Township | under 2% | B− | D | 23 min | $85,556 |
| Reading Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Emporia | 42% | C+ | A− | 12 min | $52,704 |
| Ivy Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Emporia Township, Reading Township, Jackson Township and Ivy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Emporia. Darker towns draw more of Fremont 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 Fremont Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fremont Township?
$92,455 (±$25,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont Township?
0.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (42%, 8 mi), Topeka (9%, 44 mi), Wichita (4%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fremont 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 Fremont Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fremont 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.