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Jobs & commute in Logan Township

Work means Beloit for more than half of Logan Township’s working residents

The average commute, 20 minutes each way, matches the Kansas norm. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Only 6% work in Logan Township; the top destination outside it is Beloit (58%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Logan Township

On a workday 50 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.

50live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
217work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday280
120live here− 50head out to work+ 220come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Logan Township on a workday afternoon, 144% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
4.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

4.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

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 commute map

The towns that send workers to Logan Township

SimpsonGlasco: 3 workers live here (1%)WakefieldGlen Elder: 6 workers live here (3%)Mankato: 4 workers live here (2%)Cawker City: 8 workers live here (4%)FairwaySmith CenterLincoln Center: 3 workers live here (1%)Osborne: 3 workers live here (1%)EllsworthClay CenterBeloit: 97 workers live here (44%)Concordia: 5 workers live here (2%)Salina: 5 workers live here (2%)WichitaSolomon TownshipLogan TownshipEureka TownshipBloomfield TownshipBeloit TownshipAsherville TownshipPlum Creek Township: 4 workers live here (2%)BeloitCawker CityGlen ElderConcordiaSalinaMankatoLogan Township
1
Beloit10.5 mi away
44%97
2
Cawker City26.5 mi away
4%8
3
Glen Elder20.3 mi away
3%6
4
Concordia23.4 mi away
2%5
5
Salina41.9 mi away
2%5
6
Mankato32.7 mi away
2%4
72%4
8
Glasco7.8 mi away
1%3
9
Lincoln Center22.8 mi away
1%3
10
Osborne38.8 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%82
The top trips

Where Logan Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Logan Township is a services town

220 jobs are based in Logan Township.

Jobs based in Logan TownshipJobs Logan Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms1%11%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices99%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%36%
Over $3,333 a month41%45%

Who does it

29 or younger15%23%
30 to 5450%47%
55 and older35%30%
+3043%

Jobs based in Logan Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 220. 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 Logan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Logan Township: about 20 minutes

A year of commuting
151 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Logan Township20 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Logan Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Logan Township gets to work
93%Drive alone
6%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 69 commuters (the 3% 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Logan Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBeloit: 58% · 10.5 miSimpson: 6% · 3.7 miSalina: 6% · 41.9 miWichita: 6% · 119.6 miWakefield: 2% · 52.3 miCawker City: 2% · 26.5 miFairway: 2% · 181 miSmith Center: 2% · 51.9 miEllsworth: 2% · 44.4 miClay Center: 2% · 45.7 miBeloit 58%Simpson 6%Salina 6%Wichita 6%Wakefield 2%Logan Township
Logan TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi8 residents
53%10–24 mi28 residents
11%25–50 mi6 residents
21%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 21% 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

Work in the towns next to Logan Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownLogan Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Logan Township–——20 min$62,656
Asherville Townshipunder 2%————
Bloomfield Townshipunder 2%————
Solomon Townshipunder 2%——24 min—
Eureka Townshipunder 2%————
Beloit Townshipunder 2%——11 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Asherville Township, Bloomfield Township, Solomon Township, Eureka Township and Beloit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Logan Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Logan Township: questions

What is the median household income in Logan Township?

$62,656 (±$26,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Logan Township?

6.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Logan Township?

20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Logan Township work?

6% work in town.

Can you get around Logan 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 Logan Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Logan Township

Logan Township home →

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.