Sarcoxie Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Sarcoxie Township report 90 jobs for 494 working residents. Sarcoxie Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Sarcoxie Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sarcoxie Township apart on work
Sarcoxie Township and Lawrence trade workers both ways
Lawrence is the top workplace for Sarcoxie Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Sarcoxie Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sarcoxie Township is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in Sarcoxie Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sarcoxie Township has about 600 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Sarcoxie Township
32% of Sarcoxie Township workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Time on the road ↓
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; with 494 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sarcoxie Township
On income, poverty and job access, Sarcoxie Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Sarcoxie Township’s grade up ($121,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Sarcoxie Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sarcoxie Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
20% of working residents work in Lawrence
Where Sarcoxie Township clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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 commute in and out of Sarcoxie Township
On a workday 490 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Sarcoxie Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sarcoxie Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 32% 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.
What Sarcoxie Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sarcoxie Township, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 90. 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 Sarcoxie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sarcoxie Township, by distance
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.
In Sarcoxie Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sarcoxie Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Sarcoxie Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 497 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Sarcoxie Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sarcoxie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sarcoxie Township ranks: 375th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 56 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 373 | Elwood UT | 1,375 | $102K | 3.8% | 6.5% | 1% | A− |
| 374 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 1% | A− |
| 375 | Sarcoxie Township KS | 1,000 | $121K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A− |
| 376 | White Oak Township MI | 1,220 | $98K | 5.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A− |
| 377 | Holding Township MN | 1,233 | $99K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
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| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sarcoxie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Sarcoxie Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Grant Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sarcoxie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoxie Township | – | A− | D | 29 min | $121,250 |
| Tonganoxie Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Rural Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Union Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 38 min | $81,835 |
| Grant Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Reno Township | under 3% | A | D− | 33 min | $76,793 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tonganoxie Township: not graded. Rural Township and Grant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sarcoxie Township?
$121,250 (±$4,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sarcoxie Township?
5.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sarcoxie Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sarcoxie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence (20%, 10 mi), Topeka (12%, 26 mi), Oskaloosa (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sarcoxie Township walkable?
Sarcoxie Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sarcoxie 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.