Work & commute · Township 7

Work & commute in Township 7, KS

Most working residents leave Township 7 for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pratt (37%), Wichita (7%) and Township 12 (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 99 Township 7 residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Township 7.

99live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Township 7 goes to work

Pratt4.4 mi away

37%38

Wichita75.7 mi away

7%7

Township 1211 mi away

5%5

Township 1118.1 mi away

4%4

Hays84.2 mi away

3%3

Township 69 mi away

3%3

Iuka1.8 mi away

2%2

Hutchinson49.6 mi away

2%2

Lenexa228.5 mi away

2%2

Overland Park232.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%34

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

How far

How far Township 7 commutes

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

47%

14%

32%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Township 7 is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Township 7 are

225 jobs are based in Township 7. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 7’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 7

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Township 7 residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−36%

Jobs based in Township 7, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 225. 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.