Work, pay and getting to work in Superior Township
5% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Kansas. Superior Township grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Superior Township; the top destination outside it is Moundridge (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Superior Township and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Superior Township
57% of Superior Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Superior Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Superior Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Superior Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 696 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Superior Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Superior Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Superior Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Superior Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Superior Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
The 458 jobs based in Superior Township
458 jobs are based in Superior Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Superior Township, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 458. 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 Superior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Superior Township
On a workday 659 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Superior Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Superior Township’s working residents head each day
Where Superior Township clocks in
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.
Getting to work from Superior Township takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Superior Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 712 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where in the region Superior Township works
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.
Superior Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Superior Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 746 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). 2.1% of Superior Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Superior Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Superior Township comes 1,414th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 46 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 71 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,412 | Tripoli IA | 1,208 | $78K | 3.3% | 3.1% | 7% | B |
| 1,413 | Loda Township IL | 1,388 | $94K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,414 | Superior Township KS | 1,651 | $75K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,415 | Leverett MA | 1,850 | $105K | 10.0% | 9.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,416 | Cornish NH | 1,646 | $92K | 4.7% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Superior Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Superior Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Superior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Township | – | B | B+ | 18 min | $75,190 |
| Little Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Turkey Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Little Valley Township and Turkey Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Superior 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 Superior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Superior Township?
$75,190 (±$6,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Superior Township?
3.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Superior Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Superior Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moundridge (22%, 13 mi), McPherson (15%, 12 mi), Wichita (8%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Superior Township walkable?
Superior Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Superior Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Superior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Superior 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.