Tilden Township draws 57 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Tilden Township has 57 jobs; 30 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Tilden Township for work; outside it, Osborne is the main destination (40%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Tilden Township
On a workday 30 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 96 people are in Tilden Township on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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 send workers to Tilden Township
Where Tilden Township clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tilden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Tilden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tilden Township
of Tilden Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 0% 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 Tilden Township
About 17% 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.
Tilden Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tilden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Township | – | — | — | — | $102,989 |
| Sumner Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Penn Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Lawrence Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Kill Creek Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Independence Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Hawkeye Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sumner Township, Penn Township, Lawrence Township, Kill Creek Township, Independence Township and Hawkeye Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tilden 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 Tilden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tilden Township?
$102,989 (±$6,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilden Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tilden Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osborne (40%, 6 mi), Downs (17%, 15 mi), Smith Center (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tilden 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 Tilden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilden 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.