Most of Lane Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lane Township; the top destination outside it is Smith Center (36%, 6 miles). Lane Township has 3 jobs, against 36 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lane Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Lane 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 towns that employ Lane Township’s residents
Where Lane Township clocks in
36% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lane Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 3. 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 Lane Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lane Township, about 56 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lane Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 28% 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 Lane Township
About 28% 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.
Lane Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lane Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Township | – | — | — | 56 min | $58,250 |
| Center Township | under 3% | C− | B+ | 12 min | $56,354 |
| Pleasant Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Cedar Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Harvey Township | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Township, Cedar Township and Harvey Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lane 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 Lane Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lane Township?
$58,250 (±$18,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lane Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lane Township?
56 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lane Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smith Center (36%, 6 mi), Kensington (14%, 7 mi), Meade (6%, 190 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lane Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lane Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lane 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.