Maplecroft Farmstead · Photo: Jcakp · CC BY-SA 4.0Kaw Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Kansas has 12%. 304 jobs are based in Kaw Township, against 648 working residents. Jobs and income earn Kaw Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kaw Township
Kaw Township makes and builds things
83% of the jobs based in Kaw Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kaw Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Kaw Township and Topeka trade workers both ways
Topeka is the top workplace for Kaw Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Kaw Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Kaw Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
82% of the jobs based in Kaw Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Kaw Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Kaw Township. The jobs ↓
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 648 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kaw Township
On income, poverty and job access, Kaw Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kaw Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($71,188, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Kaw 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, Kaw Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Kaw Township makes things: 83% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaw Township, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 304. 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 Kaw Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
37% of working residents work in Topeka
Where Kaw Township clocks in
37% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Kaw Township on a workday
On a workday 641 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Kaw Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
About 19 minutes to work from Kaw Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaw Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 2% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kaw Township
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.
For most of Kaw Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kaw Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% 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 645 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). 5.6% of Kaw Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kaw Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kaw Township ranks: 859th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 53 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 57 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 857 | Green Valley SD | 1,642 | $82K | 1.0% | 5.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 858 | Glyndon MN | 1,393 | $95K | 8.0% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 859 | Kaw Township KS | 1,402 | $71K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 860 | Eagleswood Township NJ | 1,851 | $102K | 7.5% | 4.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 861 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Kaw Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
10% of Kaw Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Rock Creek Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kaw Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaw Township | – | B+ | C | 19 min | $71,188 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 22 min | $109,856 |
| Kentucky Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $86,797 |
| Soldier Township | 4% | A− | C− | 20 min | $99,994 |
| Lecompton Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $95,500 |
| Rock Creek Township | 6% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $92,650 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kaw 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 Kaw Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kaw Township?
$71,188 (±$6,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaw Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaw Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaw Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (37%, 9 mi), Lawrence (8%, 18 mi), Rock Creek Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kaw Township walkable?
Kaw Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kaw Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaw Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaw 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.