Round Mound Township has 7.1 jobs for every working resident: 63 people commute in to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Kansas has 12%. Employers in Round Mound Township report 64 jobs for 9 working residents. About one in ten work in Round Mound Township; the top destination outside it is Simpson (11%, 57 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Round Mound Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 82 people are in Round Mound Township on a workday afternoon, 204% 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.
Commuting in to Round Mound Township: where workers come from
Where Round Mound Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Round Mound Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Mound Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 64. 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 Round Mound Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Round Mound Township
of Round Mound Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 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.
The distance from Round Mound Township to work
About 56% 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.
Round Mound Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Mound Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Mound Township | – | — | — | — | $39,375 |
| Victor Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Ayr Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Natoma Township | under 12% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Township 12 | under 12% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Victor Township, Mount Ayr Township, Natoma Township and Township 12: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Mound 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 Round Mound Township: questions
What is the median household income in Round Mound Township?
$39,375 (±$38,011) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Mound Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Round Mound Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Simpson (11%, 57 mi), Sylvan Grove (11%, 36 mi), Hoxie (11%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Round Mound 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 Round Mound Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Mound 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.