A job hub: Grant Township has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 260 people come in to work
262 jobs are based in Grant Township, against 94 working residents. Only 2% stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Pittsburg is the main destination (16%, 18 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Grant Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 92 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 400 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 73% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Grant Township
Where Grant Township clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Grant Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2014 → 2024: 245 → 262. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grant Township
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
Miles to work from Grant Township
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Grant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Osage Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Crawford Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $93,393 |
| Mission Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township, Osage Township, Mission Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grant 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 2024, 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 Grant Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
34.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (16%, 18 mi), Girard (14%, 9 mi), Parsons (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grant 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 Grant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grant Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.