Cheyenne Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. 17 jobs are based in Cheyenne Township for 81 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cheyenne Township for work; outside it, Great Bend is the main destination (25%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cheyenne Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Cheyenne Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Cheyenne Township work
Where Cheyenne Township clocks in
25% of workers
20% 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.
Making and building: 76% of jobs based in Cheyenne Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cheyenne Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 17. 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 Cheyenne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cheyenne Township
of Cheyenne Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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.
The distance from Cheyenne Township to work
About 19% 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.
Around Cheyenne Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Great Bend Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cheyenne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Great Bend Township | 7% | B | D | 12 min | $102,560 |
| South Homestead Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Independent Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Township | under 3% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| North Homestead Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lakin Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Homestead Township, Independent Township, Beaver Township, Logan Township, North Homestead Township and Lakin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cheyenne Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cheyenne Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Bend (25%, 14 mi), Ellinwood (20%, 12 mi), Great Bend Township (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cheyenne 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.