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Jobs & commute in Summit Township

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Summit Township works elsewhere

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%. 21 jobs are based in Summit Township for 79 working residents. Hardly any work in Summit Township itself; outside it, Adrian draws the most (15%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

21 jobs based here
Household income
$128K
median · Missouri $71K
Poverty
0.0%
Missouri 12.6%
Unemployment
8.4%
Missouri 4.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
19 min
Missouri 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 79 working residents
Work from home
0%
Missouri 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Summit Township

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday180
240live here− 79head out to work+ 21come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Summit Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Summit Township: the destinations

Fort ScottPittsburgLawrenceAltamontLiberalAppleton CityAdrian: 12 residents work here (15%)Butler: 8 residents work here (10%)RichmondDexterWarrensburg: 2 residents work here (3%)Clinton: 3 residents work here (4%)Harrisonville: 2 residents work here (3%)Belton: 2 residents work here (3%)Liberty: 2 residents work here (3%)Kansas City: 4 residents work here (5%)Mound TownshipSummit TownshipDeer Creek Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Shawnee TownshipDeepwater TownshipMount Pleasant Township: 2 residents work here (3%)AdrianButlerKansas CityClintonWarrensburgHarrisonvilleSummit Township
1
Adrian11.2 mi away
15%12
2
Butler5.9 mi away
10%8
3
Kansas City61.5 mi away
5%4
4
Clinton26.1 mi away
4%3
5
Warrensburg43.9 mi away
3%2
6
Harrisonville27.1 mi away
3%2
7
Belton41.2 mi away
3%2
8
Liberty67.9 mi away
3%2
9
Deer Creek Township13.2 mi away
3%2
10
Mount Pleasant Township6.3 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%40
The top trips

Where Summit Township clocks in

15% of workers
11.2 mi awayAdrian12 Summit Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
5.9 mi awayButler8 Summit Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
61.5 mi awayKansas City4 Summit Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Summit Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Summit TownshipJobs Summit Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms38%25%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices62%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%34%
Over $3,333 a month76%46%

Who does it

29 or younger38%23%
30 to 5438%54%
55 and older24%23%

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 Summit Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Summit Township: about 19 minutes

A year of commuting
148 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Summit Township19 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Summit Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Summit Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
10%Walk

Share of the 142 commuters (the 0% 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 far

Miles to work from Summit Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAdrian: 15% · 11.2 miButler: 10% · 5.9 miKansas City: 5% · 61.5 miClinton: 4% · 26.1 miWarrensburg: 3% · 43.9 miHarrisonville: 3% · 27.1 miBelton: 3% · 41.2 miLiberty: 3% · 67.9 miDeer Creek Township: 3% · 13.2 miMount Pleasant Township: 3% · 6.3 miAdrian 15%Butler 10%Kansas City 5%Clinton 4%Warrensburg 3%Summit Township
Summit TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi17 residents
19%10–24 mi15 residents
25%25–50 mi19 residents
34%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 34% 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

Around Summit Township: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Mount Pleasant Township (3%).

Deepwater Township: few work hereShawnee Township: few work hereMount Pleasant Township: 3% of workers work hereDeepwater TownshipShawnee TownshipMount Pleasant TownshipSummit Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Summit Township19 min
Deepwater Township25 min
Mount Pleasant Township29 min
Shawnee Township45 min
Deepwater Townshipunder 3% of Summit TownshipShawnee Townshipunder 3% of Summit TownshipMount Pleasant Township3% of Summit Township works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownSummit Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Summit Township–——19 min$128,287
Deepwater Townshipunder 3%——25 min—
Shawnee Townshipunder 3%——45 min—
Mount Pleasant Township3%D−C+29 min$43,429

Same-state neighbors only. Deepwater Township and Shawnee Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Summit Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Summit Township: questions

What is the median household income in Summit Township?

$128,287 (±$32,162) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Summit Township?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Summit Township?

19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Summit Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (15%, 11 mi), Butler (10%, 6 mi), Kansas City (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Summit 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 Summit Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Summit Township

Summit Township home →
19min commute
HandbookGetting around Summit TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in MOShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.