Minor Sod House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Rocewood Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
20% of workers work from home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Rocewood Township has 45 jobs, against 131 working residents. Hardly any work in Rocewood Township itself; outside it, Atwood draws the most (40%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Rocewood Township
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Rocewood Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Rocewood Township work
Where Rocewood Township clocks in
40% of workers
5% 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, not services: 44% of the jobs in Rocewood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocewood Township, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 45. 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 Rocewood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rocewood Township: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocewood Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 20% 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.
How far Rocewood Township’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
How Rocewood Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Center Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocewood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocewood Township | – | — | — | 15 min | $86,458 |
| Mirage Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Center Township | 8% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Bird City Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Driftwood Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mirage Township, Center Township, Bird City Township and Driftwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rocewood 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 Rocewood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rocewood Township?
$86,458 (±$25,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocewood Township?
7.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocewood Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocewood Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atwood (40%, 15 mi), Center Township (8%, 12 mi), Oakley (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rocewood 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 Rocewood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocewood 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.