Households in Lexington Township have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
23% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%). Jobs and income earn Lexington Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 5% work in Lexington Township itself; outside it, Overland Park draws the most (17%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lexington Township, in brief
Lexington Township makes and builds things
70% of the jobs based in Lexington Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lexington Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lexington Township works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Lexington Township: Olathe (14%), De Soto (10%) and Shawnee (6%). Next door ↓
Most jobs in Lexington Township pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Lexington Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 725 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lexington Township
On income, poverty and job access, Lexington Township is among the top U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Lexington 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, Lexington Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
In Lexington Township, 70% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
984 jobs are based in Lexington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington Township, 2014 → 2024: 214 → 984. 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 Lexington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Lexington Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 947 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Lexington Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
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 Lexington Township’s working residents head each day
Where Lexington Township clocks in
10% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Lexington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 602 commuters (the 23% 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.
The distance from Lexington 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.
Most trips from Lexington Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lexington Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Kansas, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 780 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Lexington Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lexington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lexington Township is 51st among 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Pittsford NY | 1,323 | $119K | 1.9% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 50 | Weston TX | 1,140 | $144K | 2.8% | 0.7% | 0% | A+ |
| 51 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 52 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 53 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lexington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door is work for 30% of Lexington Township
The biggest share goes to Olathe (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lexington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Township | – | A+ | B− | 24 min | $135,068 |
| De Soto | 10% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $104,000 |
| Sherman Township | under 3% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $127,159 |
| Olathe | 14% | A | B+ | 21 min | $114,009 |
| Eudora Township | under 3% | A | C | 23 min | $118,632 |
| Gardner Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 28 min | $116,136 |
| Shawnee | 6% | A | B− | 22 min | $109,940 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lexington 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 Lexington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lexington Township?
$135,068 (±$41,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Overland Park (17%, 15 mi), Olathe (14%, 9 mi), Lenexa (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lexington Township walkable?
Lexington Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lexington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lexington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lexington 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.