Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Newbury Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Newbury Township; the top destination outside it is Topeka (18%, 26 miles). 57 jobs are based in Newbury Township, against 520 working residents. Newbury Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newbury Township at work: what stands out
Newbury Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Newbury Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newbury Township has about 630 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Newbury Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Newbury Township is Topeka, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (96) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 520 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Newbury Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Newbury Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Newbury Township’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Newbury 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, Newbury Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How many people are in Newbury Township by day
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Newbury Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Newbury Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Newbury Township’s working residents head each day
Where Newbury Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 Newbury Township, 35% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 90 → 57. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Newbury Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newbury Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 530 commuters (the 6% 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.
In Newbury Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newbury Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 563 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). 1.8% of Newbury Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Newbury Township comes 1,121st 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 72 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,119 | Balsam Lake WI | 1,430 | $89K | 6.9% | 2.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,120 | Dotsero CO | 1,306 | $84K | 2.5% | 5.9% | 2% | B− |
| 1,121 | Newbury Township KS | 1,093 | $77K | 7.0% | 1.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,122 | King Township PA | 1,172 | $74K | 5.7% | 3.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,123 | Winhall VT | 1,147 | $96K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Newbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Newbury Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury Township | – | B− | C+ | 24 min | $76,625 |
| Maple Hill Township | under 2% | B | C− | 31 min | $95,625 |
| Alma Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $101,354 |
| Kaw Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Wabaunsee Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| McFarland | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Mission Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kaw Township, Wabaunsee Township, McFarland, Mill Creek Township and Mission Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wabaunsee Township. Darker towns draw more of Newbury 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 2024, 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 Newbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newbury Township?
$76,625 (±$33,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newbury Township?
7.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newbury Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newbury Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (18%, 26 mi), Alma (11%, 6 mi), Manhattan (10%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Newbury Township walkable?
Newbury Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newbury Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newbury Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.