Greeley County Courthouse · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainMost of Greeley County commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Greeley County is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). Greeley County has 83 jobs; 173 of its residents have a job. 21% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Greeley County’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Greeley County’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Greeley County’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greeley County could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A workday in Greeley County: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Greeley County goes to work
Where Greeley County clocks in
3% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
A place that makes things: 69% of Greeley County’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greeley County, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 83. 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 Greeley County’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Greeley County’s commute takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greeley County workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Greeley County
About 30% 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.
The commute in Greeley County is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 630 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Greeley County households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greeley County’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greeley County places 1,725th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 72 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,723 | Wayne Township PA | 1,458 | $72K | 12.1% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,724 | Apple River WI | 1,205 | $75K | 7.3% | 3.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,725 | Greeley County KS | 1,089 | $81K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,726 | Lyons OR | 1,226 | $92K | 14.7% | 8.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,727 | New Lisbon NY | 1,084 | $85K | 8.5% | 1.8% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Greeley County, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns around Greeley County
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greeley County workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley County | – | C+ | B+ | 14 min | $81,399 |
| Sharon Springs Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Weskan Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sharon Springs Township and Weskan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greeley County’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Greeley County: questions
What is the median household income in Greeley County?
$81,399 (±$2,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greeley County?
7.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greeley County?
14 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greeley County work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (3%, 248 mi), Oakley (2%, 68 mi), Syracuse (2%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greeley County walkable?
Greeley County is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greeley County without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greeley County, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greeley County
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. 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.