Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Scranton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Scranton Township is behind 78% of U.S. towns. 36 jobs are based in Scranton Township for 599 working residents. The two grades for Scranton Township are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Scranton Township
Scranton Township is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Scranton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scranton Township has about 550 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Scranton Township works in Topeka
215 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Topeka, 16 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Scranton Township itself. The commute map ↓
Scranton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 599 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Scranton Township
On income, poverty and job access, Scranton Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Scranton Township’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Scranton 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, Scranton Township could be anywhere from D to C.
A workday in Scranton Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Scranton Township on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
36% of working residents work in Topeka
Where Scranton Township clocks in
36% of workers
6% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Scranton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scranton Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 6% 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.
Jobs in Scranton Township: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scranton Township, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 36. 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 Scranton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Scranton Township
About 28% 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.
Scranton Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scranton Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Scranton 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 571 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). 2.1% of Scranton Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scranton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Scranton Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,896th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 72 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,894 | Mountain Village CO | 1,234 | $53K | 21.6% | 4.3% | 49% | D |
| 2,895 | Thomas OK | 1,129 | $63K | 13.7% | 3.5% | 16% | D |
| 2,896 | Scranton Township KS | 1,110 | $57K | 25.0% | 3.7% | 2% | D |
| 2,897 | Lamar Township MO | 1,434 | $57K | 14.7% | 0.0% | 3% | D |
| 2,898 | Clinton WI | 1,461 | $73K | 26.3% | 1.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Scranton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work in the towns next to Scranton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scranton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scranton Township | – | D | D− | 30 min | $57,047 |
| Burlingame Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 39 min | $63,681 |
| Dragoon Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ridgeway Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 24 min | $80,547 |
| Auburn Township | under 3% | A− | D | 22 min | $89,023 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dragoon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scranton 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 Scranton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scranton Township?
$57,047 (±$7,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scranton Township?
25.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scranton Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scranton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (36%, 16 mi), Burlingame (6%, 6 mi), Lawrence (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scranton Township walkable?
Scranton Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scranton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scranton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scranton 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.