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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

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

Hardly any stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Belleville is the main destination (43%, 10 miles). 35% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. No jobs are based in Grant Township in the Census job records; 28 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

Grant Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

28live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night58
Workday30
58live here− 28head out to work+ 0come in to work= 30on a workday

About 30 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Grant Township commutes to

Munden: 1 residents work here (4%)Belleville: 12 residents work here (43%)Concordia: 3 residents work here (11%)Junction City: 1 residents work here (4%)Lawrence: 1 residents work here (4%)Lenexa: 1 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 1 residents work here (4%)Topeka: 1 residents work here (4%)Hebron: 1 residents work here (4%)Lawrence TownshipGrant TownshipFreedom Township: 2 residents work here (7%)Jefferson TownshipLincoln TownshipElk Creek TownshipBellevilleConcordiaFreedom TownshipMundenJunction CityLawrenceGrant Township
1
Belleville10.2 mi away
43%12
2
Concordia10.7 mi away
11%3
3
Freedom Township13.6 mi away
7%2
4
Munden14.9 mi away
4%1
5
Junction City59 mi away
4%1
6
Lawrence131.7 mi away
4%1
7
Lenexa154.6 mi away
4%1
8
Wichita139.1 mi away
4%1
9
Topeka108.5 mi away
4%1
10
Hebron, NE32.7 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%4
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
35%

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

About 4 in 10
How Grant Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 11 commuters (the 35% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Grant Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBelleville: 43% · 10.2 miConcordia: 11% · 10.7 miFreedom Township: 7% · 13.6 miMunden: 4% · 14.9 miJunction City: 4% · 59 miLawrence: 4% · 131.7 miLenexa: 4% · 154.6 miWichita: 4% · 139.1 miTopeka: 4% · 108.5 miHebron: 4% · 32.7 miBelleville 43%Concordia 11%Freedom Township 7%Munden 4%Junction City 4%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
36%Under 10 mi10 residents
39%10–24 mi11 residents
4%25–50 mi1 residents
21%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 21% 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

Grant Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–———$58,958
Lincoln Townshipunder 4%————
Jefferson Townshipunder 4%——30 min—
Lawrence Townshipunder 4%————
Elk Creek Townshipunder 4%——49 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township, Jefferson Township, Lawrence Township and Elk Creek 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?

$58,958 (±$12,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?

0.0%, 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), 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.