Fort Fletcher Stone Arch Bridge · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0About half of Herzog Township’s working residents commute to Hays
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. Herzog Township grades C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten work in Herzog Township; the top destination outside it is Hays (49%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Herzog Township: the gist
Why Herzog Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Herzog Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Herzog Township’s grade up ($77,944, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Herzog 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, Herzog Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Herzog Township’s working residents head each day
Where Herzog Township clocks in
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 works in Herzog Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 615 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Herzog Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.41 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 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Herzog Township: what the 281 are
281 jobs are based in Herzog Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Herzog Township, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 281. 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 Herzog Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Herzog Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Herzog Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 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.
The commute from Herzog Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Herzog Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Herzog Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Herzog Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 903 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). 1.3% of Herzog Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Herzog Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Herzog Township is 2,947th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,945 | Kirklin Township IN | 1,246 | $58K | 13.0% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,946 | Clay Township IN | 1,273 | $71K | 13.4% | 4.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,947 | Herzog Township KS | 1,644 | $78K | 10.6% | 3.9% | 10% | C |
| 2,948 | Forest Home Township MI | 1,764 | $81K | 8.7% | 5.8% | 4% | C |
| 2,949 | Kingsville Township OH | 1,626 | $79K | 14.6% | 1.0% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Herzog Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Herzog Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Big Creek Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Herzog Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herzog Township | – | C | B− | 18 min | $77,944 |
| Buckeye Township | 2% | D | D | 18 min | $68,693 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Paradise Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Big Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Big Creek Township | 7% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $90,333 |
| Township 12 | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Freedom Township, Paradise Township, Big Creek Township and Township 12: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Herzog 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 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 Herzog Township: questions
What is the median household income in Herzog Township?
$77,944 (±$10,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Herzog Township?
10.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Herzog Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Herzog Township work?
10% work in town.
Is Herzog Township walkable?
Herzog Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Herzog 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 Herzog Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Herzog Township
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.