About two in five of Frontenac’s working residents commute to Pittsburg
Frontenac grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Kansas. Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Frontenac: the figures worth knowing
Frontenac trades workers with the towns around it
Frontenac has about as many jobs (1,489) as working residents (1,406), but they are mostly different people: 1,217 residents leave for work each day while 1,300 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Frontenac are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Frontenac makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Frontenac are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Frontenac residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Most Frontenac residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Frontenac workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Frontenac’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frontenac is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #104 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate holds Frontenac’s grade up (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($58,733, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frontenac could be anywhere from D to A−.
How many people are in Frontenac by day
On a workday 1,217 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 1,300 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 (1.06 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.
Where Frontenac’s working residents head each day
Where Frontenac clocks in
41% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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 jobs make up 55% of work in Frontenac
1,489 jobs are based in Frontenac.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frontenac, 2013 → 2023: 1,540 → 1,489. 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 Frontenac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Frontenac’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
How long Frontenac spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frontenac workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,628 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.
In Frontenac, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frontenac is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #122 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,680 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). 3.6% of Frontenac households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frontenac’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Frontenac comes 2,729th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,727 | Twin Township OH | 2,649 | $72K | 14.6% | 4.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,728 | Lemmon Valley NV | 4,412 | $76K | 9.0% | 10.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,729 | Frontenac KS | 3,443 | $59K | 8.7% | 4.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,730 | Granite Quarry NC | 3,129 | $58K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,731 | Philipsburg PA | 2,674 | $48K | 12.5% | 2.1% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Frontenac, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work next door: 43% of Frontenac’s workers
The biggest share goes to Pittsburg (41%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frontenac workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenac | – | C+ | C− | 19 min | $58,733 |
| Pittsburg | 41% | C− | A− | 16 min | $43,419 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $65,550 |
| Baker Township | 2% | B+ | D | 17 min | $99,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frontenac’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 Frontenac: questions
What is the median household income in Frontenac?
$58,733 (±$10,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frontenac?
8.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frontenac?
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 Frontenac work?
13% work in town.
Is Frontenac walkable?
Frontenac is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frontenac without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frontenac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frontenac
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.