Jefferson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 6% work in Jefferson Township itself; outside it, Topeka draws the most (17%, 31 miles). 226 jobs are based in Jefferson Township, and 502 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Jefferson Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Jefferson Township stands out on work
Jefferson Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jefferson Township is Topeka, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (87) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Jefferson Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Jefferson Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jefferson Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jefferson Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Jefferson 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, Jefferson Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The distance from Jefferson Township to work
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.
Time on the road from Jefferson Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jefferson Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 376 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.
Who commutes out of Jefferson Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 474 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Jefferson Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Jefferson Township work
Where Jefferson Township clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Jefferson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jefferson Township, 2014 → 2024: 229 → 226. 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 Jefferson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Jefferson Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jefferson Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 414 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). 7.7% of Jefferson Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jefferson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jefferson Township is 1,197th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,195 | Wildcat Township IN | 1,251 | $74K | 10.3% | 1.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,196 | Blawnox PA | 1,384 | $60K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,197 | Jefferson Township KS | 1,063 | $67K | 5.8% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,198 | Aynor SC | 1,068 | $74K | 9.6% | 3.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,199 | Ridgeville SC | 1,230 | $56K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Jefferson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Jefferson Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jefferson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township | – | C+ | B− | 32 min | $66,696 |
| Norton Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Union Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 38 min | $81,835 |
| Easton Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $64,712 |
| Oskaloosa Township | under 3% | A− | B | 27 min | $84,688 |
| Delaware Township | under 3% | B | B | 29 min | $66,146 |
Same-state neighbors only. Norton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jefferson 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 Jefferson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jefferson Township?
$66,696 (±$4,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jefferson Township?
5.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jefferson Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jefferson Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (17%, 31 mi), Valley Falls (9%, 11 mi), Lawrence (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Jefferson Township walkable?
Jefferson Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jefferson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jefferson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jefferson 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. 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.