More than half of Zeandale Township’s working residents commute to Manhattan
56 jobs are based in Zeandale Township for 146 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Zeandale Township; the top destination outside it is Manhattan (51%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Zeandale Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Zeandale Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Zeandale Township’s working residents head each day
Where Zeandale Township clocks in
51% of workers
6% 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.
What Zeandale Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zeandale Township, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 56. 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 Zeandale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Zeandale Township
of Zeandale Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
The commute from Zeandale Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
Around Zeandale Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Zeandale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeandale Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| St. George Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 23 min | $88,553 |
| Blue Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $118,385 |
| Wabaunsee Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Manhattan Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 12 min | $63,182 |
| Alma Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $101,354 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wabaunsee Township, Washington Township, Ashland Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Zeandale 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 Zeandale Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Zeandale Township?
24.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Zeandale Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Zeandale Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zeandale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zeandale 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.