Photo: Amraider1997 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Grenola works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Grenola; the top destination outside it is Howard (16%, 13 miles). Grenola has 13 jobs; 49 of its residents have a job. 23% of workers have no commute at all; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Grenola
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Grenola on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Grenola: the destinations
Where Grenola clocks in
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in Grenola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grenola, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 13. 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 Grenola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Grenola
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grenola workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 23% 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 Grenola
About 26% 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.
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 Grenola: questions
What is the median household income in Grenola?
$56,786 (±$20,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grenola?
17.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grenola?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grenola work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Howard (16%, 13 mi), Moline (12%, 8 mi), Arkansas City (8%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grenola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grenola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grenola
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.