Topeka draws more than half of Menoken Township’s working residents
The two grades for Menoken Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Menoken Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Menoken Township at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Menoken Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Menoken Township fell from 4,748 in 2013 to 964 in 2023, −80%. 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 ↓
Menoken Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Menoken Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Menoken Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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 760 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Menoken Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Menoken Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Menoken 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, Menoken Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
In Menoken Township, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
964 jobs are based in Menoken Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menoken Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,748 → 964. 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 Menoken Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Menoken Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 739 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Menoken Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Menoken Township work
Where Menoken Township clocks in
53% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menoken Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 23% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Menoken Township
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Menoken Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Menoken Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Menoken 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 824 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Menoken Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Menoken Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Menoken Township comes 189th 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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| 46 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Oak Ridge TX | 1,671 | $97K | 2.3% | 15.7% | <1% | A |
| 188 | Trabuco Canyon CA | 1,326 | $229K | 7.2% | 0.6% | 2% | A |
| 189 | Menoken Township KS | 1,656 | $120K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 190 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 191 | Medina WI | 1,300 | $100K | 1.0% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Menoken Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Bordering towns draw 57% of Menoken Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Topeka (53%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menoken Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menoken Township | – | A | D− | 22 min | $119,792 |
| Silver Lake Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $57,097 |
| Soldier Township | 4% | A− | C− | 20 min | $99,994 |
| Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mission Township | under 2% | A | C− | 19 min | $121,565 |
| Topeka | 53% | C+ | A− | 17 min | $56,956 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grove Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menoken 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 Menoken Township: questions
What is the median household income in Menoken Township?
$119,792 (±$29,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menoken Township?
1.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menoken Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menoken Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Menoken Township walkable?
Menoken Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menoken Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menoken Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menoken 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.