Photo: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Greeley Township works elsewhere
There are 93 jobs in Greeley Township for 448 working residents. Jobs and income earn Greeley Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 4% stay in Greeley Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (44%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Greeley Township apart
44% of Greeley Township works in Wichita
196 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Wichita, 21 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Greeley Township itself. The commute map ↓
Greeley Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Greeley Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greeley Township has about 670 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Greeley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Greeley Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Greeley Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Greeley Township’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 Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The places Greeley Township commutes to
Where Greeley Township clocks in
44% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves Greeley Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Greeley Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greeley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Greeley Township, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greeley Township, 2014 → 2024: 143 → 93. 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 Greeley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Greeley 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.
For most of Greeley Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greeley Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 483 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). 7.2% of Greeley Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greeley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greeley Township is 230th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Washington Township IN | 1,227 | $105K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | A− |
| 229 | Diablo CA | 1,232 | $248K | 13.2% | 5.0% | 1% | A− |
| 230 | Greeley Township KS | 1,029 | $83K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 4% | A− |
| 231 | Waconia Township MN | 1,052 | $122K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 232 | Bodega Bay CA | 1,139 | $183K | 2.1% | 18.1% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Greeley Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greeley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley Township | – | A− | C | 29 min | $83,167 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $72,107 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $104,324 |
| Haven Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $59,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greeley 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 Greeley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greeley Township?
$83,167 (±$14,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greeley Township?
1.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greeley Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greeley Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (44%, 21 mi), Hutchinson (6%, 19 mi), Maize (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greeley Township walkable?
Greeley Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greeley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greeley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greeley 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.