Montezuma Township draws 713 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Montezuma Township report 827 jobs; 468 of its residents have a job. Montezuma Township grades C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Montezuma Township apart on work
Montezuma Township is where the jobs are
Montezuma Township has 827 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Montezuma Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Montezuma Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 468 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Montezuma Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Montezuma Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Montezuma Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Montezuma Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Montezuma Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Montezuma Township
On a workday 354 residents head out to work and 114 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Montezuma Township on a workday afternoon, 23% more 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.
Montezuma Township’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montezuma Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 3% 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 the people who work in Montezuma Township live
Where Montezuma Township clocks in
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.
In Montezuma Township, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montezuma Township, 2013 → 2023: 692 → 827. 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 Montezuma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Montezuma Township works
About 22% 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.
Getting around Montezuma Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montezuma Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 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). 4.4% of Montezuma Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Montezuma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Montezuma Township comes 3,459th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,457 | Phelps NY | 1,850 | $71K | 14.7% | 7.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,458 | Mount Carroll Township IL | 1,897 | $54K | 13.3% | 2.9% | 12% | C |
| 3,459 | Montezuma Township KS | 1,543 | $68K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 24% | C |
| 3,460 | Friendship ME | 1,159 | $76K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 3,461 | Charenton LA | 1,440 | $63K | 12.3% | 2.5% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Montezuma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Montezuma Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Copeland Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montezuma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma Township | – | C | B− | 15 min | $68,194 |
| Copeland Township | 6% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| East Hess Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mertilla Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Crooked Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Ingalls Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Copeland Township, East Hess Township, Mertilla Township, Crooked Creek Township and Ingalls Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montezuma 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 Montezuma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montezuma Township?
$68,194 (±$13,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montezuma Township?
8.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montezuma Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montezuma Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montezuma (18%, 2 mi), Cimarron (10%, 15 mi), Dodge City (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montezuma Township walkable?
Montezuma Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montezuma Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montezuma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montezuma 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.