Douglass Township Community Building · Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Douglass works elsewhere
Douglass has 187 jobs; 620 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Douglass B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Douglass apart on work
One in three of Douglass works in Wichita
213 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Wichita, 22 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Douglass itself. The commute map ↓
Douglass is a place people come home to
There are 187 jobs based in Douglass, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Douglass has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Douglass workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 620 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Douglass’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Douglass is better than 47% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Douglass’ grade.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Douglass’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Douglass could be anywhere from C to B+.
34% of working residents work in Wichita
Where Douglass clocks in
34% 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.
Douglass on a workday afternoon
On a workday 585 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Douglass on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The daily trip from Douglass: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Douglass workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 725 commuters (the 2% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Douglass
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Douglass, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 187. 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 Douglass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Douglass
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.
Most trips from Douglass start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Douglass is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Douglass near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 742 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Douglass households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Douglass’ commuters take a bus or train.
Douglass places 2,095th of 5,397 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,093 | Franklin Springs GA | 1,206 | $76K | 9.3% | 7.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,094 | Cerro Gordo IL | 1,312 | $78K | 11.0% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,095 | Douglass KS | 1,506 | $73K | 10.6% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,096 | Homer City PA | 1,708 | $65K | 8.0% | 7.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,097 | Theresa WI | 1,346 | $72K | 10.2% | 5.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Douglass, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Douglass: questions
What is the median household income in Douglass?
$72,589 (±$10,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglass?
10.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Douglass?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Douglass work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (34%, 22 mi), Riverside Township (8%, 16 mi), Derby (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Douglass walkable?
Douglass is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Douglass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Douglass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglass
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.