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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

Work means Salina for about two in five of Grant Township’s working residents

The Census job records count 30 working residents of Grant Township and no jobs based in it. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Salina is the main destination (40%, 26 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Grant Township

On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

30live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night91
Workday61
91live here− 30head out to work+ 0come in to work= 61on a workday

About 61 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Grant Township commutes to

Arvada: 1 residents work here (3%)Bennington: 1 residents work here (3%)Delphos: 1 residents work here (3%)Enterprise: 1 residents work here (3%)Solomon: 1 residents work here (3%)Chapman: 1 residents work here (3%)McPherson: 2 residents work here (7%)Salina: 12 residents work here (40%)Manhattan: 2 residents work here (7%)Overland Park: 2 residents work here (7%)Grant TownshipBlaine TownshipSherman TownshipRichland TownshipDurham TownshipSalinaMcPhersonManhattanOverland ParkArvadaBenningtonGrant Township
1
Salina26 mi away
40%12
2
McPherson56.8 mi away
7%2
3
Manhattan51 mi away
7%2
4
Overland Park155.3 mi away
7%2
5
Arvada, CO407 mi away
3%1
6
Bennington10.8 mi away
3%1
7
Delphos12.6 mi away
3%1
8
Enterprise30.8 mi away
3%1
9
Solomon21 mi away
3%1
10
Chapman32.2 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%6
The top trips

Where Grant 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 Grant Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Grant Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 11 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grant Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalina: 40% · 26 miMcPherson: 7% · 56.8 miManhattan: 7% · 51 miOverland Park: 7% · 155.3 miArvada: 3% · 407 miBennington: 3% · 10.8 miDelphos: 3% · 12.6 miEnterprise: 3% · 30.8 miSolomon: 3% · 21 miChapman: 3% · 32.2 miSalina 40%McPherson 7%Manhattan 7%Overland Park 7%Arvada 3%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
3%Under 10 mi1 residents
40%10–24 mi12 residents
20%25–50 mi6 residents
37%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 37% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Grant Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–————
Blaine Townshipunder 4%——29 min—
Sherman Townshipunder 4%————
Durham Townshipunder 4%————
Richland Townshipunder 4%——35 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Blaine Township, Sherman Township, Durham Township and Richland 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Grant Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?

6.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Grant Township work?

0% work in town.

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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Grant Township

Grant Township home →

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.