St. Bridget Church · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0St. Bridget Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
3% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Kansas. 11 jobs are based in St. Bridget Township for 55 working residents. Hardly any stay in St. Bridget Township for work; outside it, Marysville is the main destination (24%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through St. Bridget Township
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in St. Bridget 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 St. Bridget Township goes to work
Where St. Bridget Township clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in St. Bridget Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Bridget Township, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 11. 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 St. Bridget Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From St. Bridget Township, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Bridget Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from St. Bridget Township
About 31% 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.
The towns around St. Bridget Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Bridget Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bridget Township | – | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Murray Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clear Creek Township, Murray Township and Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Bridget 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 St. Bridget Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Bridget Township?
46.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Bridget Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Bridget Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marysville (24%, 20 mi), Seneca (11%, 14 mi), Beattie (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Bridget 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 St. Bridget Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Bridget 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.