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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

Grant Township at work: jobs, income and the commute

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Only 3% work in Grant Township itself; outside it, Pawnee Township draws the most (17%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of Grant Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.

58live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
53work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday120
130live here− 58head out to work+ 53come in to work= 120on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.92jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Grant Township ends

RozelBurdett: 2 residents work here (3%)GarfieldKinsleyLarned: 7 residents work here (12%)South Hutchinson: 2 residents work here (3%)Jetmore: 2 residents work here (3%)Merriam: 2 residents work here (3%)Hays: 3 residents work here (5%)Great Bend: 2 residents work here (3%)Topeka: 3 residents work here (5%)Pawnee Township: 10 residents work here (17%)Larned TownshipLincoln TownshipBrowns Grove TownshipWalnut TownshipPleasant Valley TownshipSanta Fe Township: 5 residents work here (8%)Keysville TownshipGrant TownshipMorton TownshipPawnee TownshipLarnedSanta Fe TownshipHaysTopekaBurdettGrant Township
1
Pawnee Township12.4 mi away
17%10
2
Larned16.7 mi away
12%7
3
Santa Fe Township13.4 mi away
8%5
4
Hays46.1 mi away
5%3
5
Topeka208 mi away
5%3
6
Burdett6.8 mi away
3%2
7
South Hutchinson80.5 mi away
3%2
8
Jetmore30.6 mi away
3%2
9
Merriam260.2 mi away
3%2
10
Great Bend34.3 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%22
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.

The jobs

Grant Township works in goods: 29% of its jobs

55 jobs are based in Grant Township.

Jobs based in Grant TownshipJobs Grant Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms29%23%
Trade, transport & utilities62%20%
Services: health, schools, offices9%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%32%
Over $3,333 a month47%50%

Who does it

29 or younger11%23%
30 to 5460%45%
55 and older29%32%
+267%

Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 55. 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 Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas

A year of commuting
269 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grant Township35 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
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
91%Drive alone
9%Carpool

Share of the 44 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

The commute from Grant Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPawnee Township: 17% · 12.4 miLarned: 12% · 16.7 miSanta Fe Township: 8% · 13.4 miHays: 5% · 46.1 miTopeka: 5% · 208 miBurdett: 3% · 6.8 miSouth Hutchinson: 3% · 80.5 miJetmore: 3% · 30.6 miMerriam: 3% · 260.2 miGreat Bend: 3% · 34.3 miPawnee Township 17%Larned 12%Santa Fe Township 8%Hays 5%Topeka 5%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi6 residents
47%10–24 mi28 residents
15%25–50 mi9 residents
28%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 28% 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

How Grant Township compares with the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–——35 min$45,833
Morton Townshipunder 4%————
Browns Grove Townshipunder 4%——18 min—
Keysville Townshipunder 4%————
Lincoln Townshipunder 4%————

Same-state neighbors only. Morton Township, Browns Grove Township, Keysville 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.

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 Grant Township: questions

What is the median household income in Grant Township?

$45,833 (±$27,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?

2.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Grant Township?

35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Grant Township work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pawnee Township (17%, 12 mi), Larned (12%, 17 mi), Santa Fe Township (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Grant Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
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), 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.