Work means Dodge City for about two in five of Grandview Township’s working residents
Grandview Township has 333 jobs for 242 working residents. Only 3% work in Grandview Township itself; outside it, Dodge City draws the most (43%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Grandview Township in brief
Grandview Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Grandview Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grandview Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Grandview Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
74% of the jobs based in Grandview Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Grandview Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Grandview Township. The jobs ↓
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; with 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Grandview Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview Township, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 333. 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 Grandview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Grandview Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Grandview Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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 places Grandview Township commutes to
Where Grandview Township clocks in
43% 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.
Getting to work from Grandview Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Grandview Township works
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.
Work next door: 50% of Grandview Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $32,179 |
| Enterprise Township | under 2% | C | C− | 23 min | $108,824 |
| Wilroads Gardens | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Dodge City | 43% | C | B− | 12 min | $68,721 |
| Dodge Township | 7% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Ford Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Spearville Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $72,754 |
| Royal Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Sawlog Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilroads Gardens, Ford Township, Royal Township and Sawlog Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dodge Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dodge City. Darker towns draw more of Grandview 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 Grandview Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview Township?
$32,179 (±$7,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview Township?
3.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview Township work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Grandview 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 Grandview Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview 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.