Jobs, income and commuting in Valley Brook Township, KS
Jobs & income C+: better than 36% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Kansas 20, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Valley Brook Township; the top destination outside it is Topeka (22%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Valley Brook Township
What’s behind Valley Brook Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Valley Brook Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Valley Brook Township’s grade up ($76,678, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Valley Brook 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, Valley Brook Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Half of Valley Brook Township commutes less than 31 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Topeka
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Valley Brook Township clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
629 jobs are based in Valley Brook Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valley Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 629. 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.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Brook Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 652 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.
Most trips from Valley Brook Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Valley Brook Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Valley Brook 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 684 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). 3.7% of Valley Brook Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Valley Brook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Valley Brook Township is 2,770th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Valley Brook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,768 | Volinia Township MI | 1,151 | $79K | 11.8% | 2.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,769 | Marcellus NY | 1,761 | $69K | 8.7% | 13.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,770 | Valley Brook Township KS | 1,503 | $77K | 12.6% | 0.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,771 | Junius NY | 1,364 | $77K | 13.0% | 2.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,772 | Chapman Township PA | 1,575 | $81K | 11.9% | 1.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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.
Valley Brook Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Valley Brook Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Brook Township | – | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $76,678 |
| Agency Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Fairfax Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Junction Township | under 2% | B− | C | 32 min | $76,635 |
| Superior Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Olivet Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Melvern Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Agency Township, Fairfax Township, Superior Township, Olivet Township and Melvern Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Valley Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Brook Township?
$76,678 (±$3,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Brook Township?
12.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Brook Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Brook Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (22%, 29 mi), Lyndon (11%, 1 mi), Ottawa (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valley Brook Township walkable?
Valley Brook Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valley Brook Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valley Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley Brook 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.