Most of Stranger Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Stranger Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Employers in Stranger Township report 437 jobs, against 2,679 working residents. Only 2% stay in Stranger Township for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (13%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stranger Township
Stranger Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stranger Township makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Stranger Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stranger Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Stranger Township is a place people come home to
There are 437 jobs based in Stranger Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stranger Township has about 3,200 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Stranger Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Stranger Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Stranger Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stranger Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,420 commuters (the 10% 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.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in Stranger Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stranger Township, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 437. 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 Stranger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Stranger Township by day
On a workday 2,634 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Stranger Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 towns that employ Stranger Township’s residents
Where Stranger Township clocks in
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.
Short hops and long hauls from Stranger Township
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.
In Stranger Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stranger Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #151 of 151 in Kansas. Both inputs place Stranger Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,696 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). 7.6% of Stranger Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stranger Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stranger Township places 1,234th of 3,612 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 34 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 137 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,232 | Washington NJ | 7,326 | $81K | 8.5% | 3.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,233 | Cayuga Heights NY | 3,860 | $167K | 11.2% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,234 | Stranger Township KS | 5,467 | $97K | 8.6% | 4.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,235 | Marlene Village OR | 5,439 | $115K | 7.5% | 8.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,236 | Lancaster WI | 4,031 | $84K | 6.4% | 1.8% | 36% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Stranger Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Stranger Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stranger Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranger Township | – | B+ | D− | 31 min | $97,076 |
| Tonganoxie Township | under 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 4% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $127,159 |
| Fairmount Township | under 4% | A− | C− | 27 min | $121,802 |
| High Prairie Township | under 4% | A− | C | 27 min | $103,229 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tonganoxie Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stranger 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 Stranger Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stranger Township?
$97,076 (±$25,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stranger Township?
8.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stranger Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stranger Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (13%, 15 mi), Overland Park (10%, 24 mi), Kansas City (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stranger Township walkable?
Stranger Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stranger Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stranger Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stranger 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.