US Post Office-Horton · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Horton’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Horton grades D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 22.4% (Kansas 11.3%). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Horton’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Horton is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Horton’s grade.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Horton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Horton stays D−.
The daily commute in and out of Horton
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Horton on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.57 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.
13% of working residents work in Hiawatha
Where Horton clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in Horton: what the 387 are
387 jobs are based in Horton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horton, 2013 → 2023: 507 → 387. 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 Horton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Horton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 564 commuters (the 4% 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 Horton’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Horton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Horton is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Horton 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 585 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). 10.3% of Horton households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Horton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Horton sits among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,023 | Enigma GA | 1,106 | $32K | 49.7% | 1.8% | <1% | D− |
| 6,024 | Vienna IL | 1,352 | $41K | 33.6% | 1.2% | 16% | D− |
| 6,025 | Horton KS | 1,460 | $41K | 22.4% | 5.9% | 16% | D− |
| 6,026 | Cloverport KY | 1,153 | $37K | 32.1% | 13.4% | 3% | D− |
| 6,027 | Glenmora LA | 1,040 | $32K | 36.4% | 9.1% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Horton, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Horton: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Horton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | – | D− | A− | 24 min | $41,471 |
| Mission Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mission Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Horton’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 Horton: questions
What is the median household income in Horton?
$41,471 (±$6,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horton?
22.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Horton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Horton work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hiawatha (13%, 13 mi), Topeka (7%, 44 mi), Atchison (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Horton walkable?
Horton is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Horton 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 Horton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horton
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.