Carey's Ford Bridge · Photo: Babybammbam · CC BY-SA 3.0Stanton Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 51 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. 16 jobs are based in Stanton Township for 470 working residents. Hardly any work in Stanton Township itself; outside it, Olathe draws the most (14%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanton Township and work: the main findings
Stanton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 238 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 42 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Stanton Township is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Stanton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stanton Township has about 450 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stanton Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stanton Township is Olathe, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (68) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Each way, about 51 minutes from Stanton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 12% 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.
How many people are in Stanton Township by day
On a workday 468 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Stanton 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.
The commute from Stanton Township, by distance
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.
Where the trip to work from Stanton Township ends
Where Stanton Township clocks in
13% 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.
Stanton Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 16. 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 Stanton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Stanton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Township | – | — | — | 51 min | $103,077 |
| Osawatomie Township | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Paola Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 24 min | $87,813 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $119,097 |
| Cutler Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Peoria Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Valley Township | under 3% | B | D | 34 min | $89,643 |
Same-state neighbors only. Osawatomie Township: not graded. Cutler Township and Peoria Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanton 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 Stanton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton Township?
$103,077 (±$42,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton Township?
1.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton Township?
51 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olathe (14%, 24 mi), Paola (13%, 8 mi), Overland Park (12%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanton 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 Stanton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton 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.