There are 3.5 jobs in Green Garden Township for every working resident, and 295 people commute in
Green Garden Township has 302 jobs; 86 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Green Garden Township; the top destination outside it is Ellsworth (23%, 13 miles). At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Green Garden Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 79 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 410 people are in Green Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 113% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Green Garden Township live
Where Green Garden 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.
What Green Garden Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Garden Township, 2014 → 2024: 289 → 302. 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 Green Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Green Garden Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Garden Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 28% 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 it is to work from Green Garden Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Green Garden Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Garden Township | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Eureka Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Thomas Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eureka Township, Lincoln Township, Thomas Township and Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Garden 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 Green Garden Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Green Garden Township?
29.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Garden Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Garden Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (23%, 13 mi), Salina (14%, 42 mi), Lorraine (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Green Garden 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 Green Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Garden 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.