Where Granite Township earns its living
There are 16 jobs in Granite Township; 16 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Kansas has 12%. Hardly any work in Granite Township itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (25%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Granite Township by day and by night
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 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 (1.00 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 Granite Township commutes to
Where Granite Township clocks in
13% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Granite Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granite Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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 Granite Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Granite Township
of Granite Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
Half of Granite Township commutes less than 22 miles
About 19% 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.
How Granite Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Long Island Township (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granite Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Dayton Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
| Long Island Township | 6% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Walnut Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dayton Township, Long Island Township and Walnut Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granite 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 Granite Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Granite Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Granite Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (25%, 21 mi), Phillipsburg (13%, 15 mi), Long Island (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Granite 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 Granite Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granite 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.