Most of Royal Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Royal Township itself; outside it, Dodge City draws the most (36%, 10 miles). Royal Township has 31 jobs, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 21% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Royal Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Royal Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Royal Township’s working residents head each day
Where Royal 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.
In Royal Township, 61% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royal Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 31. 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 Royal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Royal Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royal Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 21% 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 it is to work from Royal Township
About 22% 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 Royal Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $87,500 |
| Grandview Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| South Roscoe Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Cimarron Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $82,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grandview Township and South Roscoe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royal 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 Royal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Royal Township?
$87,500 (±$41,011) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royal Township?
8.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royal Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royal Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodge City (36%, 10 mi), Spearville (13%, 20 mi), Garden City (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Royal 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 Royal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royal 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.