Shirley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
8 jobs are based in Shirley Township for 55 working residents. Only 2% work in Shirley Township; the top destination outside it is Concordia (25%, 12 miles). Working from home is the commute for 46% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shirley Township by day and by night
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 94 people are in Shirley Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Shirley Township work
Where Shirley Township clocks in
25% 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 kinds of work in Shirley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shirley Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 8. 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 Shirley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Shirley Township: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shirley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 46% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Shirley Township
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Shirley Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shirley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $67,188 |
| Elk Township | under 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Nelson Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Colfax Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elk Township, Nelson Township, Colfax Township and Lawrence Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shirley 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 Shirley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shirley Township?
$67,188 (±$65,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shirley Township?
13.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shirley Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 46% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shirley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concordia (25%, 12 mi), Clyde (11%, 4 mi), Wichita (7%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shirley 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 Shirley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shirley 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.