Home Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26. 61 jobs are based in Home Township, and 260 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Home Township itself; outside it, Seneca draws the most (17%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Home Township: the gist
Home Township by day and by night
On a workday 251 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Home Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Home Township goes to work
Where Home Township clocks in
17% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Home Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Home Township, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 61. 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 Home Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Home Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Home Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 11% 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 Home Township
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.
How Home Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Home Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $49,375 |
| Noble Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Center Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Illinois Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Neuchatel Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Noble Township, Center Township, Illinois Township and Neuchatel Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Home 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 Home Township: questions
What is the median household income in Home Township?
$49,375 (±$21,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Home Township?
13.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Home Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Home Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seneca (17%, 11 mi), Topeka (8%, 53 mi), Sabetha (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Home Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Home Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Home 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.