Most of Grant Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the Kansas average is 20, the U.S. 26. Grant Township has 1 jobs, against 112 working residents. Hardly any work in Grant Township itself; outside it, Manhattan draws the most (16%, 36 miles). <1% 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 commutes out of Grant Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer 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.
Where Grant Township’s working residents head each day
Where Grant Township clocks in
16% of workers
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 1. 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.
The trip to work from Grant Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the <1% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grant Township
About 18% 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.
How Grant Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $109,899 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | D | B− | 19 min | $62,083 |
| Red Vermillion Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Vermillion 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 median household income in Grant Township?
$109,899 (±$34,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
1.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manhattan (16%, 36 mi), Westmoreland (13%, 20 mi), Onaga (13%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.