Junction Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Junction Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Junction Township has 136 jobs for 522 working residents. Only 4% work in Junction Township; the top destination outside it is Topeka (21%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Junction Township: the figures worth knowing
Junction Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Junction Township is Topeka, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (109) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Junction Township is a place people come home to
There are 136 jobs based in Junction Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Junction Township has about 840 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Junction 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Junction Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Junction Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Junction Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Junction 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, Junction Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Junction Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
How a workday changes Junction Township
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Junction Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The trip to work from Junction Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Junction Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 494 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where the trip to work from Junction Township ends
Where Junction Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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 Junction Township: what the 136 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Junction Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 136. 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 Junction Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Junction Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Junction Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 536 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). 1.9% of Junction Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Junction Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,769th of 4,866: where Junction Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,767 | Calverton Park MO | 1,134 | $68K | 21.0% | 10.7% | 0% | B− |
| 1,768 | Siletz OR | 1,213 | $87K | 5.5% | 8.0% | 10% | B− |
| 1,769 | Junction Township KS | 1,230 | $77K | 4.5% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,770 | Sagola Township MI | 1,053 | $78K | 4.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B− |
| 1,771 | Washington Township OH | 1,135 | $85K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Junction Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Junction Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Junction Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Township | – | B− | C | 32 min | $76,635 |
| Fairfax Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Appanoose Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Elk Township | under 3% | B | C | 32 min | $76,845 |
| Valley Brook Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $76,678 |
| Pomona Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 25 min | $62,188 |
| Agency Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairfax Township, Appanoose Township and Agency Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Junction 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 Junction Township: questions
What is the median household income in Junction Township?
$76,635 (±$10,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Junction Township?
4.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Junction Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Junction Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (21%, 26 mi), Lyndon (11%, 8 mi), Ottawa (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Junction Township walkable?
Junction Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Junction Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Junction Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Junction 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. 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.