With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Meredith Township works elsewhere
There are 4 jobs in Meredith Township, against 26 working residents. Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; the Kansas average is 20, the U.S. 26. Poverty touches 16.9% of residents, next to 11.3% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meredith Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Meredith Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
12% of working residents work in Center Township
Where Meredith Township clocks in
Lines 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.
100% of the jobs in Meredith Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Meredith Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Meredith Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meredith Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Meredith Township works
About 31% 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.
Meredith Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meredith Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $53,333 |
| Logan Township | under 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Center Township | 12% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Oakland Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lyon Township | under 4% | — | — | 10 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Logan Township, Center Township, Oakland Township and Lyon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Center Township. Darker towns draw more of Meredith 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 Meredith Township: questions
What is the median household income in Meredith Township?
$53,333 (±$48,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meredith Township?
16.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meredith Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meredith Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Center Township (12%, 8 mi), Miltonvale (8%, 10 mi), Beloit (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meredith 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 Meredith Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meredith 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.