First Presbyterian Church · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Scott Township has higher unemployment (8.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Scott Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% stay in Scott Township for work; outside it, Fort Scott is the main destination (43%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Scott Township in brief
43% of Scott Township works in Fort Scott
406 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Fort Scott, 1.3 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Scott Township itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Scott Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 940 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Scott Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scott Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Scott Township’s grade up ($72,109, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scott Township could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Where the trip to work from Scott Township ends
Where Scott Township clocks in
43% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Scott Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Scott Township
352 jobs are based in Scott Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 352. 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 Scott Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Scott Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 909 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Scott Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Getting to work from Scott Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scott Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,059 commuters (the 12% 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.
In Scott Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scott Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Scott 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 1,202 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). 12.2% of Scott Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Scott Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Scott Township next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 4,223rd of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 39 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Warsaw KY | 1,757 | $61K | 24.6% | 6.8% | 12% | C− |
| 4,222 | West Carthage NY | 1,721 | $50K | 10.4% | 0.4% | 9% | C− |
| 4,223 | Scott Township KS | 2,291 | $72K | 15.9% | 8.5% | 3% | C− |
| 4,224 | Lawrence NY | 1,746 | $64K | 12.5% | 1.2% | 5% | C− |
| 4,225 | Gainesville NY | 1,972 | $56K | 11.3% | 3.3% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Scott Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Scott Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | C− | C− | 19 min | $72,109 |
| Marmaton Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Drywood Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Osage Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marmaton Township, Drywood Township, Mill Creek Township, Freedom Township and Osage Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scott 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 Scott Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scott Township?
$72,109 (±$47,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
15.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Scott (43%, 1 mi), Pittsburg (4%, 29 mi), Arkansas City (3%, 139 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scott Township walkable?
Scott Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scott Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott 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.