Most of Medford Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
38% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%. Employers in Medford Township report 7 jobs, and 78 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Medford Township; the top destination outside it is Hutchinson (35%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Medford Township
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Medford Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Medford Township’s working residents head each day
Where Medford Township clocks in
35% 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.
Medford Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medford Township, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 7. 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 Medford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Medford Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medford Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 38% 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 Medford Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Medford Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Township | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Sterling Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Enterprise Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Salt Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sterling Township, Enterprise Township, Walnut Township and Salt Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Medford 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 Medford Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Medford Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medford Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medford Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (35%, 17 mi), Sterling (8%, 6 mi), South Hutchinson (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Medford 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 Medford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medford 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.