Photo: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domainWichita draws more than half of Grant Township’s working residents
Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Grant Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (53%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grant Township apart on work
More than half of Grant Township works in Wichita
1,310 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Wichita, 13 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Grant Township itself. The commute map ↓
Grant Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Grant Township went from 370 in 2014 to 595 in 2024, +61%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Grant Township pay little
31% of the jobs based in Grant Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Grant Township is a place people come home to
There are 595 jobs based in Grant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grant Township has about 3,900 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Grant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grant Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #23 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grant Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where people from Grant Township work
Where Grant Township clocks in
53% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Grant Township: 595 jobs
595 jobs are based in Grant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grant Township, 2014 → 2024: 370 → 595. 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 daily commute in and out of Grant Township
On a workday 2,405 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
Grant Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 1,948 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grant Township
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.
Few in Grant Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grant Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #97 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,136 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Grant Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
468th of 3,527: where Grant Township ranks among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 33 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 130 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 466 | Lathrup Village MI | 4,019 | $110K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| 467 | Justin TX | 7,285 | $114K | 0.2% | 5.5% | 1% | A |
| 468 | Grant Township KS | 5,743 | $95K | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3% | A |
| 469 | Hamilton MA | 7,674 | $130K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| 470 | Longboat Key FL | 7,359 | $158K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Grant Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | – | A | C+ | 23 min | $94,722 |
| Darlington Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Kechi Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $77,764 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Valley Center Township | under 2% | B | C− | 34 min | $61,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Darlington 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?
$94,722 (±$19,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?
3.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grant Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grant Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Grant Township walkable?
Grant Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.