Photo: Brylie · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Meade Center Township
Jobs and income earn Meade Center Township C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in three work in Meade Center Township itself; outside it, Meade draws the most (32%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Meade Center Township: the figures worth knowing
Meade Center Township and Meade trade workers both ways
Meade is the top workplace for Meade Center Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Meade Center Township come from (37% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Meade Center Township averages 18 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (11 to 15 minutes). Next door ↓
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 712 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Meade Center Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Meade Center Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Meade Center Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Meade Center 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, Meade Center Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Out of Meade Center Township to work: where people go
Where Meade Center Township clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
How many people are in Meade Center Township by day
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, 249 work right here, and 370 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 (0.87 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.
Inside Meade Center Township’s 619 jobs
619 jobs are based in Meade Center Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meade Center Township, 2014 → 2024: 722 → 619. 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 Meade Center Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Meade Center Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meade Center Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 673 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Meade Center Township commutes less than 25 miles
About 26% 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.
Meade Center Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meade Center Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 727 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.2% of Meade Center Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Meade Center Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Meade Center Township ranks 2,750th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,748 | Sebree KY | 1,546 | $59K | 6.9% | 0.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,749 | Pecos NM | 1,375 | $88K | 9.7% | 7.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,750 | Meade Center Township KS | 1,674 | $75K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 35% | C+ |
| 2,751 | Plymouth ME | 1,328 | $62K | 6.5% | 2.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,752 | Henderson NY | 1,400 | $92K | 9.1% | 4.5% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Meade Center Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Meade Center Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meade Center Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Center Township | – | C+ | A− | 18 min | $75,107 |
| Mertilla Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| West Plains Township | under 2% | D | D | 15 min | $72,273 |
| Crooked Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mertilla Township and Crooked Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meade Center 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 Meade Center Township: questions
What is the median household income in Meade Center Township?
$75,107 (±$11,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meade Center Township?
6.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meade Center Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meade Center Township work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meade (32%, 3 mi), Dodge City (6%, 40 mi), Liberal (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Meade Center Township walkable?
Meade Center Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meade Center Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meade Center Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meade Center 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.