Most of Mineral Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Mineral Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (16%, 7 miles). Mineral Township has 22 jobs for 68 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Mineral Township by day
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Mineral Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Mineral Township’s working residents head each day
Where Mineral Township clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
68% of the jobs in Mineral Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mineral Township, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 22. 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 Mineral Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Mineral Township: about 7 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mineral 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mineral Township
About 30% 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.
Mineral Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mineral Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Township | – | — | — | 7 min | — |
| Scammon | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cherokee Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Crawford Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Scammon, Cherokee Township and Crawford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mineral 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 Mineral Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mineral Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mineral Township?
7 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mineral Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (16%, 7 mi), Pittsburg (15%, 12 mi), Topeka (6%, 132 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mineral 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 Mineral Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mineral 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.