With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Starr Township works elsewhere
Only 4% stay in Starr Township for work; outside it, Concordia is the main destination (23%, 19 miles). There are 93 jobs in Starr Township, against 203 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Starr Township and work: the main findings
How long Starr Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Starr Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Starr Township on a workday
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Starr Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Starr Township: the destinations
Where Starr Township clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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.
In Starr Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Starr Township, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 93. 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 Starr Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Starr Township
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.
Starr Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Starr Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $57,589 |
| Colfax Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Oakland Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Chapman Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Colfax Township, Oakland Township and Chapman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Starr 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 Starr Township: questions
What is the median household income in Starr Township?
$57,589 (±$5,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Starr Township?
17.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Starr Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Starr Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concordia (23%, 19 mi), Salina (9%, 38 mi), Clay Center (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Starr Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Starr Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Starr 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.