Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank · Photo: MadameGraffigny · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Glencoe Township, and the trip to work
Employers in Glencoe Township report 42 jobs, against 44 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Kansas 12%). Hardly any stay in Glencoe Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (25%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Glencoe Township on a workday
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 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 (0.95 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 the trip to work from Glencoe Township ends
Where Glencoe Township clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
In Glencoe Township, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glencoe Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 42. 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 Glencoe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glencoe Township
of Glencoe Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 0% 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.
Glencoe Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Glencoe Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glencoe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe Township | – | — | — | — | $111,563 |
| Otter Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Little Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Hickory Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Rosalia Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Otter Creek Township, Hickory Township and Rosalia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Little Walnut Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glencoe 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 Glencoe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Glencoe Township?
$111,563 (±$43,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glencoe Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glencoe Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (25%, 40 mi), El Dorado (14%, 16 mi), Leon (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glencoe 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 Glencoe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glencoe 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.