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Jobs & commute in Granada Township

Work, pay and getting to work in Granada Township

14% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%. Hardly any work in Granada Township; the top destination outside it is Seneca (20%, 15 miles). The Census job records count 41 working residents of Granada Township and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Granada Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night89
Workday48
89live here− 41head out to work+ 0come in to work= 48on a workday

About 48 people are in Granada Township on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

The places Granada Township commutes to

West Lafayette: 1 residents work here (2%)Corning: 2 residents work here (5%)Centralia: 5 residents work here (12%)Westmoreland: 1 residents work here (2%)Onaga: 2 residents work here (5%)Seneca: 8 residents work here (20%)Sabetha: 5 residents work here (12%)Merriam: 1 residents work here (2%)Topeka: 4 residents work here (10%)Kansas City: 3 residents work here (7%)Wetmore TownshipPowhattan TownshipHarrison TownshipGranada TownshipCapioma TownshipSenecaCentraliaSabethaTopekaKansas CityCorningGranada Township
1
Seneca15.4 mi away
20%8
2
Centralia15.6 mi away
12%5
3
Sabetha14.5 mi away
12%5
4
Topeka46.8 mi away
10%4
5
Kansas City, MO79.5 mi away
7%3
6
Corning10.6 mi away
5%2
7
Onaga23 mi away
5%2
8
West Lafayette, IN473.9 mi away
2%1
9
Westmoreland37.4 mi away
2%1
10
Merriam77.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%9
The top trips

Where Granada Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Granada Township

Working from home
14%

of Granada Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Granada Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 42 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Granada Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSeneca: 20% · 15.4 miCentralia: 12% · 15.6 miSabetha: 12% · 14.5 miTopeka: 10% · 46.8 miKansas City: 7% · 79.5 miCorning: 5% · 10.6 miOnaga: 5% · 23 miWest Lafayette: 2% · 473.9 miWestmoreland: 2% · 37.4 miMerriam: 2% · 77.4 miSeneca 20%Centralia 12%Sabetha 12%Topeka 10%Kansas City 7%Granada Township
Granada TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
51%10–24 mi21 residents
17%25–50 mi7 residents
27%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

Around Granada Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Harrison Township17 min
Powhattan Township23 min
Wetmore Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGranada Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Granada Township–————
Powhattan Townshipunder 3%——23 min—
Capioma Townshipunder 3%————
Wetmore Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Harrison Townshipunder 3%——17 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Powhattan Township, Capioma Township, Wetmore Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Granada Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Granada Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Granada Township?

35.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Granada Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seneca (20%, 15 mi), Centralia (12%, 16 mi), Sabetha (12%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Granada 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 Granada Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Granada Township

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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.