Sherlock Township draws 3,650 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Sherlock Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. About one in five work in Sherlock Township itself; outside it, Garden City draws the most (37%, 11 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way, about the same as across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sherlock Township in brief
Sherlock Township makes and builds things
84% of the jobs based in Sherlock Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sherlock Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Sherlock Township has far more jobs than workers
Sherlock Township has 3,900 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,500 people are in town, 90% more than the 2,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Sherlock Township and Garden City trade workers both ways
Garden City is the top workplace for Sherlock Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Sherlock Township come from (64% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Sherlock Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
82% of the jobs based in Sherlock Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Sherlock Township residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Sherlock Township. The jobs ↓
Most Sherlock Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Sherlock Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherlock Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #68 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Sherlock Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherlock Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods, not services: 84% of the jobs in Sherlock Township
3,900 jobs are based in Sherlock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherlock Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,631 → 3,900. 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 Sherlock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Sherlock Township on a workday
On a workday 1,035 residents head out to work and 250 work right here.
About 5,500 people are in Sherlock Township on a workday afternoon, 90% more 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 the people who work in Sherlock Township live
Where Sherlock Township clocks in
37% of workers
9% 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.
How far Sherlock Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Sherlock Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherlock Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,199 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute in Sherlock Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherlock Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #142 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,320 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). 2.3% of Sherlock Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherlock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sherlock Township is 1,722nd among 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 48 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 63 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,720 | New Richmond OH | 2,842 | $81K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,721 | Star Valley Ranch WY | 2,074 | $96K | 2.0% | 1.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,722 | Sherlock Township KS | 2,907 | $85K | 9.5% | 2.6% | 19% | B |
| 1,723 | Jackson Township OH | 3,680 | $73K | 11.2% | 0.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,724 | West Providence Township PA | 3,064 | $80K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Sherlock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door to Sherlock Township
The biggest share goes to Garden City Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherlock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Township | – | B | D | 19 min | $84,844 |
| Garden City Township | 9% | C | C | 15 min | $84,207 |
| Ivanhoe Township | under 1% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Terry Township | under 1% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Southside Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| East Hibbard Township | under 1% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ivanhoe Township, Terry Township, Southside Township, Deerfield Township and East Hibbard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherlock 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 Sherlock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sherlock Township?
$84,844 (±$14,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherlock Township?
9.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherlock Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherlock Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garden City (37%, 11 mi), Garden City Township (9%, 10 mi), Holcomb (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherlock Township walkable?
Sherlock Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherlock 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 Sherlock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherlock 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.