For about two in five of its working residents, Liberty Township is a commute to Great Bend
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Kansas 12%). Hardly any work in Liberty Township; the top destination outside it is Great Bend (40%, 7 miles). Employers in Liberty Township report 95 jobs, and 102 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Liberty Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 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.
Out of Liberty Township to work: where people go
Where Liberty Township clocks in
40% 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.
Liberty Township works in goods: 58% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2014 → 2024: 110 → 95. 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 Liberty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Liberty Township
of Liberty Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 0% 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 Liberty Township
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns next door employ 50% of Liberty Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | — | — | — | $56,500 |
| Great Bend | 40% | C− | A− | 14 min | $54,139 |
| Pawnee Rock Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Buffalo Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| South Bend Township | 6% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Great Bend Township | 4% | B | D | 12 min | $102,560 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| River Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pawnee Rock Township, Buffalo Township, South Bend Township, Lincoln Township and River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Great Bend. Darker towns draw more of Liberty 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 Liberty Township: questions
What is the median household income in Liberty Township?
$56,500 (±$12,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
12.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Liberty Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Liberty 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.