J. A. Symns Barn · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Independence Township
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Only 2% work in Independence Township itself; outside it, St. Joseph draws the most (24%, 19 miles). A typical one-way commute from Independence Township lasts 24 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Independence Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Independence Township’s working residents head each day
Where Independence Township clocks in
24% of workers
21% 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.
What the 103 jobs in Independence Township are
103 jobs are based in Independence Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Independence Township, 2014 → 2024: 126 → 103. 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 Independence Township’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 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Independence Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Independence Township commutes less than 18 miles
About 16% 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 Independence Township
The biggest share goes to Center Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Independence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $93,542 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Shannon Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $98,015 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wolf River Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Center Township | 4% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $59,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, Wayne Township and Wolf River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Independence 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 Independence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Independence Township?
$93,542 (±$21,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Independence Township?
17.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Independence Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Independence Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (24%, 19 mi), Troy (21%, 8 mi), Wathena (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Independence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Independence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Independence 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.