Hollenberg Pony Express Station · Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Hanover Township
Working residents average 18 minutes each way; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26. About one in ten work in Hanover Township; the top destination outside it is Washington (20%, 11 miles). 224 jobs are based in Hanover Township, and 382 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hanover Township and work: the main findings
Where the trip to work from Hanover Township ends
Where Hanover Township clocks in
11% 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.
How a workday changes Hanover Township
On a workday 342 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Hanover Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
35% of the jobs in Hanover Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover Township, 2014 → 2024: 264 → 224. 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 Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Hanover Township takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 446 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.
How many miles Hanover Township commutes
About 25% 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.
Next door to Hanover Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $64,464 |
| Charleston Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Little Blue Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Independence Township | under 2% | — | — | 51 min | — |
| Logan Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Charleston Township, Little Blue Township, Independence Township and Logan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanover 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 Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hanover Township?
$64,464 (±$22,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover Township?
8.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (20%, 11 mi), Marysville (11%, 12 mi), Hanover (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hanover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanover 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.