Most of Oak Valley Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 12% across Kansas. Oak Valley Township has 12 jobs for 43 working residents. Hardly any work in Oak Valley Township itself; outside it, Moline draws the most (16%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Oak Valley Township
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Oak Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Oak Valley Township’s working residents head each day
Where Oak Valley Township clocks in
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 92% of work in Oak Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 12. 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 Oak Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Oak Valley Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Valley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 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.
The commute from Oak Valley Township, by distance
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.
Next door to Oak Valley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Valley Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $34,688 |
| Longton Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Painterhood Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Louisburg Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Longton Township, Painterhood Township and Louisburg Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oak Valley 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 Oak Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Valley Township?
$34,688 (±$29,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Valley Township?
8.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Valley Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Valley Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moline (16%, 16 mi), Howard (14%, 16 mi), Arkansas City (9%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oak Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Valley 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.