Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Historic District · Photo: Dave Leiker · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Matfield Township works elsewhere
There are 17 jobs in Matfield Township, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Matfield Township for work; outside it, Emporia is the main destination (28%, 25 miles). 14% of workers work from home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Matfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Matfield Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Matfield Township: the destinations
Where Matfield Township clocks in
28% of workers
25% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Matfield Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Matfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 17. 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 Matfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Matfield Township
of Matfield Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 14% 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 it is to work from Matfield 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Matfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Matfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matfield Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Bazaar Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Homestead Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Salem Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Center Township | under 3% | B | B− | 21 min | $79,375 |
| Sycamore Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bazaar Township, Homestead Township, Salem Township and Sycamore Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Madison Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Matfield 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 Matfield Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Matfield Township?
2.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Matfield Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (28%, 25 mi), Cottonwood Falls (25%, 17 mi), Falls Township (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Matfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Matfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Matfield 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.