Work & commute · Township 8

Work & commute in Township 8, KS

Most working residents leave Township 8 for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Plainville (30%), Hays (13%) and Township 11 (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 107 Township 8 residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Township 8.

107live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Township 8 goes to work

Plainville13.7 mi away

30%34

Hays28.9 mi away

13%14

Township 1114.6 mi away

10%11

Stockton18.8 mi away

5%6

Palco0.6 mi away

4%5

Wichita161.3 mi away

4%4

Glade32 mi away

3%3

Ellis22.5 mi away

3%3

Hutchinson121.3 mi away

2%2

Topeka207.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%28

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

How far

How far Township 8 commutes

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

53%

24%

19%

5%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Township 8 is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Township 8 are

81 jobs are based in Township 8. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 8’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 8

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Township 8 residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−33%

Jobs based in Township 8, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 81. 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.