Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Lancaster Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26. 24 jobs are based in Lancaster Township, and 338 of its residents work somewhere. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lancaster Township, in brief
The workday shuffle in and out of Lancaster Township
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Lancaster Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
25% of working residents work in Atchison
Where Lancaster Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 46% of jobs based in Lancaster Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lancaster Township, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 24. 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 Lancaster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Lancaster Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lancaster Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 5% 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 Lancaster Township commutes less than 26 miles
About 17% 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.
Next door is work for 25% of Lancaster Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lancaster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $63,456 |
| Atchison | 25% | C− | A− | 18 min | $54,474 |
| Shannon Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $98,015 |
| Center Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Grasshopper Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Benton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Center Township, Grasshopper Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Benton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Atchison. Darker towns draw more of Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lancaster Township?
$63,456 (±$15,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lancaster Township?
21.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lancaster Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lancaster Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atchison (25%, 10 mi), Topeka (8%, 44 mi), Leavenworth (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lancaster 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.