Medora Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 1% work in Medora Township; the top destination outside it is Hutchinson (42%, 6 miles). There are 146 jobs in Medora Township; 697 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Medora Township are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Medora Township apart on work
Medora Township and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Medora Township residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Medora Township come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Medora Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Medora Township fell from 460 in 2013 to 146 in 2023, −68%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Medora Township is a place people come home to
There are 146 jobs based in Medora Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Medora Township has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 697 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Medora Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Medora Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Medora Township’s grade up ($78,513, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Medora 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, Medora Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where Medora Township goes to work
Where Medora Township clocks in
42% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 82% of work in Medora Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medora Township, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 146. 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 Medora Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Medora Township
On a workday 687 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Medora Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
From Medora Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medora Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 443 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.
The distance from Medora Township to work
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.
Getting around Medora Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medora Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Medora Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 514 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). 5.8% of Medora Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Medora Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Medora Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 2,327th 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,325 | Martinsburg PA | 1,811 | $71K | 8.5% | 2.7% | 10% | B− |
| 2,326 | Rockcreek Township IN | 1,604 | $86K | 13.2% | 4.6% | 3% | B− |
| 2,327 | Medora Township KS | 1,672 | $79K | 9.0% | 0.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,328 | McArthur Township OH | 1,935 | $74K | 8.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B− |
| 2,329 | Liberty Township OH | 1,361 | $77K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Medora Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns around Medora Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medora Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medora Township | – | B− | D− | 20 min | $78,513 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 19 min | $95,938 |
| Little River Township | under 2% | B | C | 22 min | $71,016 |
| Little Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Reno Township | under 2% | B− | B | 16 min | $59,505 |
Same-state neighbors only. Little Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Medora 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 Medora Township: questions
What is the median household income in Medora Township?
$78,513 (±$7,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medora Township?
9.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medora Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medora Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (42%, 6 mi), Buhler (9%, 5 mi), Wichita (8%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medora Township walkable?
Medora Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medora Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medora Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medora 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. 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.