Valley Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
30 jobs are based in Valley Township, against 59 working residents. Only 2% work in Valley Township itself; outside it, Medicine Lodge draws the most (31%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Valley Township
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 94 people are in Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of Valley Township to work: where people go
Where Valley Township clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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 Valley Township, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 30. 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 Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Valley Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 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.
Where in the region Valley Township works
About 29% 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.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Valley Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Medicine Lodge Township | 20% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Elm Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Medicine Lodge Township: not graded. Liberty Township and Elm Mills Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Medicine Lodge Township. Darker towns draw more of Valley 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Valley Township?
4.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medicine Lodge (31%, 10 mi), Medicine Lodge Township (20%, 8 mi), Wichita (5%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valley 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley 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.