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Jobs & commute in Banner Township

For about two in five of its working residents, Banner Township is a commute to Salina

Working from home is the commute for 38% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Hardly any work in Banner Township itself; outside it, Salina draws the most (43%, 25 miles). No jobs are based in Banner Township in the Census job records; 37 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Banner Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night94
Workday57
94live here− 37head out to work+ 0come in to work= 57on a workday

About 57 people are in Banner Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Banner Township ends

Hartford: 1 residents work here (3%)Solomon: 2 residents work here (5%)Wamego: 1 residents work here (3%)Abilene: 3 residents work here (8%)Junction City: 1 residents work here (3%)Great Bend: 1 residents work here (3%)Salina: 16 residents work here (43%)Lawrence: 2 residents work here (5%)Wichita: 1 residents work here (3%)Holland TownshipBanner TownshipHope TownshipJefferson Township: 2 residents work here (5%)SalinaAbileneSolomonLawrenceJefferson TownshipHartfordBanner Township
1
Salina25.3 mi away
43%16
2
Abilene19.3 mi away
8%3
3
Solomon21.1 mi away
5%2
4
Lawrence106.2 mi away
5%2
55%2
6
Hartford71 mi away
3%1
7
Wamego61.3 mi away
3%1
8
Junction City32.2 mi away
3%1
9
Great Bend88.9 mi away
3%1
10
Wichita66.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%7
The top trips

Where Banner Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Time on the road

Working from home in Banner Township

Working from home
38%

of Banner Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Banner Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 38% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The distance from Banner Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalina: 43% · 25.3 miAbilene: 8% · 19.3 miSolomon: 5% · 21.1 miLawrence: 5% · 106.2 miJefferson Township: 5% · 7 miHartford: 3% · 71 miWamego: 3% · 61.3 miJunction City: 3% · 32.2 miGreat Bend: 3% · 88.9 miWichita: 3% · 66.7 miSalina 43%Abilene 8%Solomon 5%Lawrence 5%Jefferson Township 5%Banner Township
Banner TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
32%10–24 mi12 residents
41%25–50 mi15 residents
22%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Banner Township

The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Holland Township19 min
Hope Township24 min
Jefferson Township25 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBanner Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Banner Township–————
Holland Townshipunder 3%——19 min—
Hope Townshipunder 3%——24 min—
Jefferson Township5%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Holland Township, Hope Township and Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Banner Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Banner Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Banner Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Banner Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Banner Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Banner Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Banner Township

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.