Comanche Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
5% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. There are 103 jobs in Comanche Township for 193 working residents. Hardly any work in Comanche Township itself; outside it, Great Bend draws the most (27%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Comanche Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 192 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Comanche Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Comanche Township goes to work
Where Comanche Township clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
Comanche Township works in goods: 87% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comanche Township, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 103. 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 Comanche Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 10 minutes from Comanche Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Comanche Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 5% 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 Comanche Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 27% 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 next door: 32% of Comanche Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Comanche Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Township | – | — | — | 10 min | $128,393 |
| Lakin Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Great Bend Township | 5% | B | D | 12 min | $102,560 |
| Great Bend | 27% | C− | A− | 14 min | $54,139 |
| South Bend Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Raymond Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Putnam Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lakin Township, South Bend Township, Raymond Township and Putnam Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Great Bend. Darker towns draw more of Comanche 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 Comanche Township: questions
What is the median household income in Comanche Township?
$128,393 (±$74,644) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Comanche Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Comanche Township?
10 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Comanche Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Bend (27%, 12 mi), Ellinwood (8%, 4 mi), Hoisington (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Comanche 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 Comanche Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comanche 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.