Old Albany Schoolhouse · Photo: Dick Hughes · Public domainWork means Sabetha for about half of Berwick Township’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. The average commute takes 14 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. Berwick Township has 327 jobs; 201 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Berwick Township, in a few figures
Berwick Township makes and builds things
95% of the jobs based in Berwick Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Berwick Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Berwick Township works in Sabetha
93 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Sabetha, 3.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 9 times as many as work in Berwick Township itself. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Berwick Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
82% of the jobs based in Berwick Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Berwick Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Berwick Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 95% of the jobs in Berwick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berwick Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 327. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berwick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Berwick Township, and from where
Where Berwick Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workersLines 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.
Who leaves Berwick Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 316 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Berwick Township on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How long Berwick Township spends getting to work: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berwick Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 10% 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.
Berwick Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 is work for 46% of Berwick Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berwick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $125,341 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Morrill Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Sabetha | 46% | B− | A− | 10 min | $70,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township and Morrill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sabetha. Darker towns draw more of Berwick Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Berwick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Berwick Township?
$125,341 (±$69,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berwick Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berwick Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berwick Township work?
5% work in town.
Can you get around Berwick 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 Berwick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berwick Township
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.