Work means Wichita for more than half of Goddard’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Goddard A; getting around on foot earns it C−. 1.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.3% across Kansas. Measured by household income, Goddard is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Goddard: the gist
Goddard trades workers with the towns around it
Goddard has about as many jobs (2,929) as working residents (2,464), but they are mostly different people: 2,202 residents leave for work each day while 2,667 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Goddard are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Goddard
63% of Goddard residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Goddard pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Goddard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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’s behind Goddard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Goddard is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #26 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goddard could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The places Goddard commutes to
Where Goddard clocks in
58% 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 many people are in Goddard by day
On a workday 2,202 residents head out to work, 262 work right here, and 2,667 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 (1.19 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.
The 2,929 jobs based in Goddard
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goddard, 2013 → 2023: 3,380 → 2,929. 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 Goddard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goddard workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,664 commuters (the 13% 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 distance from Goddard to work
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.
Driving is how Goddard gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goddard is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #136 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 3,069 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Goddard households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goddard’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Goddard ranks: 536th of 3,334 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 9,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 534 | San Martin CA | 6,954 | $158K | 7.9% | 2.9% | 5% | A |
| 535 | Paloma Creek South TX | 8,860 | $122K | 2.0% | 5.9% | <1% | A |
| 536 | Goddard KS | 6,638 | $94K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 537 | Mount Horeb WI | 7,725 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 15% | A |
| 538 | Groveland MA | 7,102 | $141K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,334 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Goddard, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Bordering towns draw 58% of Goddard’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goddard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard | – | A | C− | 25 min | $94,004 |
| Attica Township | under 1% | A | D | 23 min | $94,411 |
| Wichita | 58% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $64,620 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wichita. Darker towns draw more of Goddard’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 Goddard: questions
What is the median household income in Goddard?
$94,004 (±$9,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goddard?
1.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goddard?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goddard work?
11% work in town.
Is Goddard walkable?
Goddard is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goddard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goddard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goddard
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.