With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Medicine Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Medicine Township itself; outside it, Chillicothe draws the most (34%, 11 miles). Employers in Medicine Township report 7 jobs, against 59 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Medicine Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Medicine Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The places Medicine Township commutes to
Where Medicine Township clocks in
12% 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 Medicine Township, 71% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medicine Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 Medicine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Medicine Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medicine Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
How many miles Medicine Township commutes
About 47% 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.
Medicine Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medicine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $67,083 |
| Cream Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Wilson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wheeling Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Rich Hill Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 14 min | $99,028 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cream Ridge Township, Wilson Township, Wheeling 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 Medicine 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Medicine Township workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Medicine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Medicine Township?
$67,083 (±$39,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medicine Township?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medicine Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medicine Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (34%, 11 mi), Kansas City (12%, 82 mi), Kansas City (3%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Medicine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medicine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medicine 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.