Marion County Park and Lake · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Centre Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Centre Township; the top destination outside it is Marion (37%, 1 miles). 1 jobs are based in Centre Township; 197 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Centre Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 197 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Centre Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Centre Township: the destinations
Where Centre Township clocks in
37% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Centre Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centre Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Centre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 13 minutes in Centre Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centre Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 22% 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 Centre Township to work
About 23% 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 Centre Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $64,034 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Gale Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Fairplay Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clear Creek Township, Gale Township, Grant Township and Fairplay Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Centre 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 Centre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Centre Township?
$64,034 (±$19,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centre Township?
10.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centre Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centre Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (37%, 1 mi), Wichita (10%, 50 mi), Hillsboro (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Centre 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 Centre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centre 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.