Big Bend Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26). 22 jobs are based in Big Bend Township, against 52 working residents. Only 2% work in Big Bend Township itself; outside it, Belleville draws the most (15%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Big Bend Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Big Bend Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Big Bend Township work
Where Big Bend Township clocks in
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Big Bend Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Bend Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 22. 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 Big Bend Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Big Bend Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Bend Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Big Bend Township
About 29% 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.
Big Bend Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Bend Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $53,250 |
| White Rock Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Rock Township, Washington Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Big Bend 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 Big Bend Township: questions
What is the median household income in Big Bend Township?
$53,250 (±$31,956) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Bend Township?
9.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Bend Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Bend Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (15%, 15 mi), Courtland (12%, 12 mi), Scandia (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Bend 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 Big Bend Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Bend 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.