Most of Mount Pleasant Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Employers in Mount Pleasant Township report 83 jobs, and 384 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mount Pleasant Township, in brief
Mount Pleasant Township and Atchison trade workers both ways
Atchison is the top workplace for Mount Pleasant Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Pleasant Township come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Pleasant Township has about 560 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Pleasant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
26% of working residents work in Atchison
Where Mount Pleasant Township clocks in
5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mount Pleasant Township
On a workday 380 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Mount Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The trip to work from Mount Pleasant Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 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.
Mount Pleasant Township works in goods: 42% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 83. 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 Mount Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Mount Pleasant Township commutes
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.
Mount Pleasant Township and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $113,310 |
| Atchison | 26% | C− | A− | 18 min | $54,474 |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Center Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Shannon Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $98,015 |
| Easton Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $64,712 |
| Norton Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township and Center Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Norton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Atchison. Darker towns draw more of Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant Township?
$113,310 (±$14,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atchison (26%, 6 mi), St. Joseph (5%, 27 mi), Topeka (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pleasant 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.