Photo: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domainWork means Wichita for more than half of Riverside Township’s working residents
About one in ten work in Riverside Township; the top destination outside it is Wichita (55%, 8 miles). For jobs and income Riverside Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Riverside Township at work: what stands out
Riverside Township makes and builds things
82% of the jobs based in Riverside Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Riverside Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Riverside Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
84% of the jobs based in Riverside Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Riverside Township residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Riverside Township. The jobs ↓
Riverside Township is where the jobs are
Riverside Township has 12,507 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 20,000 people are in town, 50% more than the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Riverside Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Riverside Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Riverside Township’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riverside Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 82% of the jobs in Riverside Township
12,507 jobs are based in Riverside Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside Township, 2013 → 2023: 16,898 → 12,507. 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 Riverside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Riverside Township by day and by night
On a workday 5,185 residents head out to work, 486 work right here, and 12,021 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Riverside Township on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Riverside Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Who travels to work in Riverside Township, and from where
Where Riverside Township clocks in
55% of workers
4% 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 daily trip from Riverside Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,127 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.
Getting around Riverside Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,439 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Riverside Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Riverside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000, Riverside Township ranks 1,353rd of 2,059 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 322 | Andover KS | 17,370 | $105K | 4.6% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
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| 366 | Spring Hill KS | 10,777 | $112K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
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| 436 | Mission Township KS | 10,195 | $122K | 4.5% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
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| 1,351 | Urbana Township OH | 14,105 | $69K | 11.4% | 4.5% | 29% | B− |
| 1,352 | Lexington NE | 11,176 | $68K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 21% | B− |
| 1,353 | Riverside Township KS | 13,603 | $67K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 9% | B− |
| 1,354 | Four Corners OR | 16,275 | $70K | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,355 | D'Iberville MS | 13,557 | $66K | 18.8% | 3.1% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Riverside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Bordering towns draw 70% of Riverside Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | – | B− | B− | 20 min | $66,669 |
| Wichita | 55% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $64,620 |
| McConnell AFB | under 1% | B+ | B+ | 8 min | $72,639 |
| Gypsum Township | under 1% | A− | B− | 20 min | $77,124 |
| Salem Township | under 1% | B+ | D | 24 min | $72,651 |
| Derby | 7% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $84,112 |
| Rockford Township | under 1% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $87,432 |
| Waco Township | 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Haysville | 4% | B | C | 20 min | $67,740 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wichita. Darker towns draw more of Riverside 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 Riverside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside Township?
$66,669 (±$5,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside Township?
12.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside Township work?
9% work in town.
Is Riverside Township walkable?
Riverside Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside 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. 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.