Work, pay and getting to work in Dresden Township
Dresden Township has 124 jobs, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Dresden Township; the top destination outside it is Cunningham (15%, 3 miles). The average commute, 20 minutes each way, matches the Kansas norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Dresden Township
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Dresden Township ends
Where Dresden Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
What Dresden Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dresden Township, 2014 → 2024: 95 → 124. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dresden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Dresden Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dresden Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dresden Township
About 42% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Dresden Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dresden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $72,981 |
| Eureka Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rural Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Miami Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Township 6 | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eureka Township, Rural Township, Miami Township and Township 6: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dresden 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 2024, 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 Dresden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dresden Township?
$72,981 (±$3,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dresden Township?
11.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dresden Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dresden Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cunningham (15%, 3 mi), Wichita (13%, 58 mi), Pratt (11%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dresden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dresden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dresden Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.