A job hub: North Brown Township has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 36 people come in to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Kansas 12%). North Brown Township has 36 jobs, against 15 working residents. Hardly any work in North Brown Township itself; outside it, Kinsley draws the most (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of North Brown Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 15 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 73 people are in North Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 40% more 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.
Who travels to work in North Brown Township, and from where
Where North Brown Township clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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: 100% of jobs based in North Brown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 36. 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 North Brown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in North Brown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Brown Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 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.
Half of North Brown Township commutes less than 43 miles
About 40% 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.
How North Brown Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Brown Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $70,000 |
| Kinsley Township | under 7% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Trenton Township | under 7% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| South Brown Township | under 7% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 7% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 7% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kinsley Township, Trenton Township, South Brown Township, Franklin Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Brown 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 North Brown Township: questions
What is the median household income in North Brown Township?
$70,000 (±$53,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Brown Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Brown Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Brown Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kinsley (13%, 6 mi), Dodge City (13%, 38 mi), Sylvan Grove (7%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Brown 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 North Brown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Brown 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.