Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Monument Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Monument Township report 11 jobs, against 42 working residents. Only 2% stay in Monument Township for work; outside it, Oakley is the main destination (40%, 13 miles). 19% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Monument Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Monument Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Monument Township goes to work
Where Monument Township clocks in
40% of workers
14% 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Monument Township
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 Monument Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Monument Township
of Monument Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 19% 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.
How many miles Monument Township commutes
About 26% 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.
The towns around Monument Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monument Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Logansport Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Oakley Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Winona Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Logansport Township and Winona Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Oakley Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monument 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 Monument Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Monument Township?
22.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Monument Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakley (40%, 13 mi), Colby (14%, 23 mi), Hays (7%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monument 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 Monument Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monument 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.