Chetopa Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Chetopa Township has 8 jobs, against 70 working residents. Only 1% work in Chetopa Township; the top destination outside it is Chanute (21%, 12 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chetopa Township by day and by night
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Chetopa 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.
Where people from Chetopa Township work
Where Chetopa Township clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Chetopa Township: what the 8 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chetopa Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 8. 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 Chetopa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Chetopa Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chetopa Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Chetopa Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 32% 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.
How Chetopa Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chetopa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetopa Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $169,375 |
| Newark Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Cedar Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Pleasant Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Neodesha Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Newark Township, Cedar Township, Pleasant Valley Township and Neodesha Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chetopa 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 Chetopa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chetopa Township?
$169,375 (±$146,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chetopa Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chetopa Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chetopa Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chanute (21%, 12 mi), Neodesha (9%, 9 mi), Fredonia (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chetopa 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 Chetopa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chetopa 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.