Work & commute · Township 1

Work & commute in Township 1, KS

About one in 4 of Township 1’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Attica (22%), Wichita (12%) and Anthony (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

80 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Township 1 residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Township 1.

262live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Township 1 goes to work

Attica2.1 mi away

22%74

Wichita57.3 mi away

12%42

Anthony13.6 mi away

11%39

Harper12.2 mi away

5%18

Township 316.2 mi away

3%10

Township 516.1 mi away

3%9

Hays125.8 mi away

2%6

Waco50.2 mi away

2%6

Township 213.1 mi away

2%6

Township 1 (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%126

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Township 1 commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

28%

10%

36%

26%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Township 1 is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Township 1 are

350 jobs are based in Township 1. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 1’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 1

350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Township 1 residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+31%

Jobs based in Township 1, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 350. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.