Shannon Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
195 jobs are based in Shannon Township for 496 working residents. Shannon Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Shannon Township is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Shannon Township: the gist
Shannon Township and Atchison trade workers both ways
Atchison is the top workplace for Shannon Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Shannon Township come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Shannon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 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 496 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Shannon Township
On income, poverty and job access, Shannon Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Shannon Township’s grade up ($98,015, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Shannon Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Shannon Township could be anywhere from D to A.
35% of working residents work in Atchison
Where Shannon Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
From Shannon Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shannon Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 8% 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.
Shannon Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 486 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Shannon Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
56% of the jobs in Shannon Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shannon Township, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 195. 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 Shannon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Shannon Township to work
About 16% 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.
In Shannon Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shannon Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 635 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). 1.2% of Shannon Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shannon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Shannon Township ranks 1,229th 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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| 1,227 | Henderson Township IL | 1,112 | $72K | 6.9% | 3.7% | <1% | B− |
| 1,228 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,353 | $80K | 11.9% | 5.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,229 | Shannon Township KS | 1,124 | $98K | 10.7% | 4.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,230 | Shrewsbury VT | 1,092 | $91K | 7.0% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,231 | Masaryktown FL | 1,262 | $61K | 6.5% | 2.7% | 0% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Shannon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Shannon Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shannon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Township | – | B− | D | 25 min | $98,015 |
| Atchison | 35% | C− | A− | 18 min | $54,474 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Independence Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne Township, Independence Township, Lancaster Township and Mount Pleasant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Atchison. Darker towns draw more of Shannon 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 Shannon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shannon Township?
$98,015 (±$50,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shannon Township?
10.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shannon Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shannon Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atchison (35%, 3 mi), Topeka (5%, 48 mi), Leavenworth (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shannon Township walkable?
Shannon Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shannon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shannon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shannon 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.