Earning a living in Yoder
Poverty touches 37.5% of residents, where Kansas as a whole has 11.3%. Hardly any work in Yoder itself; outside it, Hutchinson draws the most (22%, 8 miles). There are 55 jobs in Yoder; 55 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Yoder, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 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 (1.00 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.
Where Yoder’s working residents head each day
Where Yoder clocks in
22% of workers
15% 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.
What Yoder’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yoder, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 55. 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 Yoder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Yoder 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.
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 Yoder: questions
What is the poverty rate in Yoder?
37.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Yoder work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (22%, 8 mi), Haven (15%, 6 mi), Lincoln Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yoder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yoder
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.