Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Oakley Township, and the trip to work
Employers in Oakley Township report 1,023 jobs; 974 of its residents have a job. About two in five work in Oakley Township; the top destination outside it is Oakley (36%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oakley Township at work: what stands out
Where people from Oakley Township work
Where Oakley Township clocks in
36% of workers
8% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Oakley Township
On a workday 595 residents head out to work, 379 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 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.
The kinds of work in Oakley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakley Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,261 → 1,023. 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 Oakley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Oakley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,049 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Oakley Township works
About 29% 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 Oakley Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Grinnell Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $76,172 |
| Monument Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Grinnell Township | 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Elkader Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monument Township, Grinnell Township and Elkader Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oakley 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 Oakley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oakley Township?
$76,172 (±$6,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakley Township?
15.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakley Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakley Township work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakley (36%, 7 mi), Colby (8%, 26 mi), Winona Township (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakley 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.