Work & commute · Township 5

Work & commute in Township 5, KS

Most working residents leave Township 5 for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Anthony (23%), Harper (19%) and Wichita (14%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 161 Township 5 residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Township 5.

161live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Township 5 goes to work

Anthony7.8 mi away

23%38

Harper4.7 mi away

19%32

Wichita45.2 mi away

14%23

Attica14.9 mi away

6%10

Township 5 (in town)right here

4%6

Conway Springs19.9 mi away

2%4

Lenexa208.5 mi away

2%4

Kingman29 mi away

2%3

Wellington30.3 mi away

2%3

Hutchinson56.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%41

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

How far

How far Township 5 commutes

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

41%

17%

21%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Township 5 is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Township 5 are

252 jobs are based in Township 5. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 5’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 5

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Township 5 residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+271%

Jobs based in Township 5, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 252. 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.