Waterloo Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
23 jobs are based in Waterloo Township, against 118 working residents. Only 2% work in Waterloo Township itself; outside it, Emporia draws the most (41%, 22 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Waterloo Township by day
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Waterloo Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where people from Waterloo Township work
Where Waterloo Township clocks in
41% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Waterloo Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterloo Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 23. 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 Waterloo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Waterloo Township: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterloo Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Waterloo Township
About 23% 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.
Next door to Waterloo Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waterloo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Township | – | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Ivy Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wilmington Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Plumb Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Reading Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Dragoon Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Grant Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ivy Township, Wilmington Township, Plumb Township, Reading Township, Dragoon Township and Grant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waterloo 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 Waterloo Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Waterloo Township?
4.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waterloo Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waterloo Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (41%, 22 mi), Topeka (9%, 29 mi), Lawrence (3%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waterloo 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 Waterloo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterloo 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.