Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Girard has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Girard is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). 16.1% of residents are in poverty (Kansas 11.3%). Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Girard, in a few figures
Girard is where the jobs are
Girard has 1,656 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Girard and Pittsburg trade workers both ways
Pittsburg is the top workplace for Girard residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Girard come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Girard workers work from home
Only 2% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Girard
Unemployment holds Girard’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($40,298, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Girard could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Girard: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 768 residents head out to work, 284 work right here, and 1,372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Girard on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Girard’s workforce comes from
Where Girard clocks in
23% 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.
How long Girard spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Girard workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,195 commuters (the 2% 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 kinds of work in Girard
1,656 jobs are based in Girard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Girard, 2013 → 2023: 1,776 → 1,656. 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 Girard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Girard
About 21% 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.
Girard is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,223 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). 8.7% of Girard households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Girard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Girard ranks 3,587th of 5,207 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,585 | Kiln MS | 2,016 | $72K | 18.2% | 5.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,586 | East Gaffney SC | 2,824 | $25K | 33.8% | 2.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,587 | Girard KS | 2,476 | $40K | 16.1% | 2.2% | 27% | C |
| 3,588 | Stevensville MT | 2,259 | $60K | 13.6% | 3.5% | 11% | C |
| 3,589 | Fairport Harbor OH | 3,087 | $52K | 23.3% | 5.3% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Girard, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door to Girard
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Girard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | – | C | A− | 18 min | $40,298 |
| Crawford Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 32 min | $93,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Girard’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 Girard: questions
What is the median household income in Girard?
$40,298 (±$9,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Girard?
16.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Girard?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Girard work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (23%, 10 mi), Frontenac (3%, 9 mi), Fort Scott (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Girard walkable?
Girard is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Girard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Girard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Girard
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.