Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Neodesha has lower household incomes than 87% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. 16.5% of residents are in poverty (Kansas 11.3%). Neodesha grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Neodesha in brief
Neodesha makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Neodesha are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Neodesha residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Few Neodesha workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Neodesha
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Neodesha is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Neodesha’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($50,792, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Neodesha could be anywhere from D to C+.
53% of the jobs in Neodesha make or build things
1,378 jobs are based in Neodesha.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neodesha, 2013 → 2023: 1,441 → 1,378. 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 Neodesha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Neodesha
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neodesha workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,026 commuters (the 2% 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 Neodesha
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.
The daily commute in and out of Neodesha
On a workday 656 residents head out to work, 377 work right here, and 1,001 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Neodesha on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Fredonia
Where Neodesha clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Most of Neodesha commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Neodesha is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Neodesha near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,045 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). 7.5% of Neodesha households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Neodesha’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Neodesha comes 3,986th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,984 | Windham OH | 1,675 | $54K | 23.0% | 5.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,985 | Kulpmont PA | 2,688 | $50K | 10.7% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,986 | Neodesha KS | 2,188 | $51K | 16.5% | 3.0% | 36% | C− |
| 3,987 | Warsaw NC | 2,853 | $54K | 17.7% | 3.2% | 10% | C− |
| 3,988 | Cheshire Township MI | 2,258 | $64K | 10.5% | 5.9% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Neodesha, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Neodesha: questions
What is the median household income in Neodesha?
$50,792 (±$4,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neodesha?
16.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neodesha?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neodesha work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredonia (7%, 11 mi), Independence (6%, 13 mi), Wichita (5%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Neodesha walkable?
Neodesha is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Neodesha without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neodesha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neodesha
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.