How Castle Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Hardly any stay in Castle Township for work; outside it, McPherson is the main destination (20%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Castle Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Castle Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
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 Castle Township work
Where Castle Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
89% of the jobs in Castle Township pay over $3,333 a month
113 jobs are based in Castle Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castle Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 113. 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 Castle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Castle Township takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castle Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 1% 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.
The distance from Castle Township to work
About 18% 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.
Castle Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Castle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $50,000 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| South Sharps Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Hayes Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, South Sharps Creek Township, Jackson Township and Hayes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Castle 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 Castle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Castle Township?
$50,000 (±$19,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castle Township?
6.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castle Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castle Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McPherson (20%, 11 mi), McPherson Township (13%, 12 mi), Hutchinson (11%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Castle Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castle 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.