Work & commute · Township 12

Work & commute in Township 12, KS

Most working residents leave Township 12 for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pratt (42%), Wichita (10%) and Hutchinson (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 385 Township 12 residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Township 12.

385live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Township 12 goes to work

Pratt9 mi away

42%168

Wichita71 mi away

10%39

Hutchinson50.8 mi away

4%16

Iuka9.4 mi away

3%12

Township 12 (in town)right here

3%12

Topeka187.5 mi away

3%11

Salina100 mi away

2%7

Hays95.1 mi away

2%6

Derby76.1 mi away

2%6

Sawyer8.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%115

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

How far

How far Township 12 commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Township 12 is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Township 12 are

203 jobs are based in Township 12. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 12’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 12

203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Township 12 residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−54%

Jobs based in Township 12, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 203. 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.