With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bluff Township works elsewhere
Employers in Bluff Township report 2 jobs; 21 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bluff Township itself; outside it, Wellington draws the most (24%, 24 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bluff Township on a workday
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Bluff Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting out of Bluff Township: the destinations
Where Bluff Township clocks in
24% of workers
14% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Bluff Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bluff Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Bluff Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bluff Township, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bluff Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 0% 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 Bluff 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.
Work in the towns next to Bluff Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bluff Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Township | – | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Caldwell Township | under 5% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Township 4 | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Morris Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Chikaskia Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Caldwell Township, Township 4, Morris Township and Chikaskia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bluff 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 Bluff Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bluff Township?
3.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bluff Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bluff Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellington (24%, 24 mi), Wichita (24%, 49 mi), South Haven (14%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bluff 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 Bluff Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bluff 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.