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Jobs & commute in Neosho Township

Neosho Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. There are 34 jobs in Neosho Township, against 99 working residents. Only 1% stay in Neosho Township for work; outside it, Joplin is the main destination (15%, 28 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

34 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Kansas 11.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Kansas 3.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
25 min
Kansas 20 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
1 of 99 working residents
Work from home
0%
Kansas 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Neosho Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.

98live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday170
240live here− 98head out to work+ 33come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Neosho Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.34jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Neosho Township ends

Chetopa: 2 residents work here (2%)PleasantonFredoniaColumbus: 12 residents work here (12%)Baxter Springs: 4 residents work here (4%)Galena: 5 residents work here (5%)Fort Scott: 4 residents work here (4%)Parsons: 5 residents work here (5%)AndoverPittsburg: 8 residents work here (8%)Carl JunctionJoplin: 15 residents work here (15%)WelchMiami: 3 residents work here (3%)Ross Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Spring Valley TownshipCrawford TownshipLola TownshipLyon TownshipNeosho TownshipJoplinColumbusPittsburgGalenaParsonsBaxter SpringsNeosho Township
1
Joplin, MO27.9 mi away
15%15
2
Columbus12 mi away
12%12
3
Pittsburg30 mi away
8%8
4
Galena20.5 mi away
5%5
5
Parsons24 mi away
5%5
6
Baxter Springs15.1 mi away
4%4
7
Fort Scott56 mi away
4%4
8
Miami, OK13.7 mi away
3%3
9
Ross Township16.7 mi away
3%3
10
Chetopa4.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%38
The top trips

Where Neosho Township clocks in

15% of workers
27.9 mi awayJoplin, MO15 Neosho Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
12% of workers
12 mi awayColumbus12 Neosho Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
30 mi awayPittsburg8 Neosho Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Neosho Township

Jobs based in Neosho TownshipJobs Neosho Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms32%32%
Trade, transport & utilities38%22%
Services: health, schools, offices29%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%25%
Over $3,333 a month38%62%

Who does it

29 or younger18%13%
30 to 5450%61%
55 and older32%26%
+62%

Jobs based in Neosho Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 34. 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 Neosho Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Neosho Township takes about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
189 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Neosho Township25 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Neosho Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Neosho Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
10%Carpool

Share of the 50 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.

How far

Half of Neosho Township commutes less than 26 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miJoplin: 15% · 27.9 miColumbus: 12% · 12 miPittsburg: 8% · 30 miGalena: 5% · 20.5 miParsons: 5% · 24 miBaxter Springs: 4% · 15.1 miFort Scott: 4% · 56 miMiami: 3% · 13.7 miRoss Township: 3% · 16.7 miChetopa: 2% · 4.9 miJoplin 15%Columbus 12%Pittsburg 8%Galena 5%Parsons 5%Neosho Township
Neosho TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi7 residents
37%10–24 mi35 residents
35%25–50 mi33 residents
20%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 20% 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.

Next door

The towns around Neosho Township

Lyon Township: few work hereLola Township: few work hereLyon TownshipLola TownshipNeosho Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lola Township18 min
Neosho Township25 min
Lyon Township33 min
Lyon Townshipunder 3% of Neosho TownshipLola Townshipunder 3% of Neosho Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownNeosho Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Neosho Township–——25 min—
Lyon Townshipunder 3%——33 min—
Lola Townshipunder 3%——18 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Lyon Township and Lola Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Neosho Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Neosho Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Neosho Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Neosho Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Neosho Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (15%, 28 mi), Columbus (12%, 12 mi), Pittsburg (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Neosho 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 Neosho Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Neosho Township

Neosho Township home →
25min commute
HandbookGetting around Neosho TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in KSShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.