Most of Lone Tree Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 5% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Employers in Lone Tree Township report 1 jobs, against 91 working residents. Only 1% stay in Lone Tree Township for work; outside it, Westmoreland is the main destination (19%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lone Tree Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Lone Tree Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lone Tree Township’s working residents head each day
Where Lone Tree Township clocks in
19% of workers
16% 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.
What Lone Tree Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lone Tree Township, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 1. 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 Lone Tree Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Lone Tree Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lone Tree Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 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.
How far Lone Tree Township goes 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.
How Lone Tree Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lone Tree Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $106,250 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | D | B− | 19 min | $62,083 |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clear Creek Township and Sherman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lone Tree Township?
$106,250 (±$85,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lone Tree Township?
1.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lone Tree Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lone Tree Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westmoreland (19%, 11 mi), Manhattan (16%, 29 mi), Onaga (15%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lone Tree 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.