Iowa Tribe Community Building · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Irving Township
Only 5% work in Irving Township; the top destination outside it is Sabetha (13%, 21 miles). The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. There are 164 jobs in Irving Township, against 126 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Irving Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Irving Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
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 people from Irving Township work
Where Irving Township clocks in
Lines 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 Irving Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irving Township, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 164. 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 Irving Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Irving Township: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irving Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Irving Township
About 34% 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.
Irving Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irving Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $82,386 |
| Iowa Township | under 3% | B | B | 17 min | $97,829 |
| Padonia Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Robinson Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Padonia Township and Robinson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irving 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 Irving Township: questions
What is the median household income in Irving Township?
$82,386 (±$33,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irving Township?
13.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irving Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irving Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sabetha (13%, 21 mi), Hiawatha (10%, 10 mi), Kickapoo Tribal Center (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Irving 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 Irving Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irving 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.