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Jobs & commute in Enterprise Township

Enterprise Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Enterprise Township has 12 jobs; 47 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Enterprise Township itself; outside it, Hutchinson draws the most (26%, 15 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Enterprise Township

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday91
130live here− 46head out to work+ 11come in to work= 91on a workday

About 91 people are in Enterprise Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.26jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Enterprise Township work

Nashville: 1 residents work here (2%)Plevna: 1 residents work here (2%)Sylvia: 1 residents work here (2%)Hope: 1 residents work here (2%)Rossville: 1 residents work here (2%)HavenArlingtonNickersonMeadeSterling: 3 residents work here (6%)South Hutchinson: 5 residents work here (11%)McPherson: 2 residents work here (4%)Great BendHutchinson: 12 residents work here (26%)Wichita: 2 residents work here (4%)Salt Creek TownshipWestminster TownshipCenter TownshipHuntsville TownshipEnterprise TownshipLincoln TownshipMedford TownshipHutchinsonSouth HutchinsonSterlingMcPhersonWichitaNashvilleEnterprise Township
1
Hutchinson15.4 mi away
26%12
2
South Hutchinson13.4 mi away
11%5
3
Sterling11.8 mi away
6%3
4
McPherson36.6 mi away
4%2
5
Wichita51.9 mi away
4%2
6
Nashville43.4 mi away
2%1
7
Plevna8 mi away
2%1
8
Sylvia13.1 mi away
2%1
9
Hope75.3 mi away
2%1
10
Rossville142.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%18
The top trips

Where Enterprise Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Enterprise Township works in goods: 92% of its jobs

Jobs based in Enterprise TownshipJobs Enterprise Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms92%30%
Trade, transport & utilities8%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less42%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%30%
Over $3,333 a month17%47%

Who does it

29 or younger17%32%
30 to 5467%34%
55 and older17%34%
−33%

Jobs based in Enterprise Township, 2014 → 2024: 18 → 12. 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 Enterprise Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 26 minutes to work from Enterprise Township

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Enterprise Township26 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Enterprise Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Enterprise Township gets to work
80%Drive alone
18%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 65 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Enterprise Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHutchinson: 26% · 15.4 miSouth Hutchinson: 11% · 13.4 miSterling: 6% · 11.8 miMcPherson: 4% · 36.6 miWichita: 4% · 51.9 miNashville: 2% · 43.4 miPlevna: 2% · 8 miSylvia: 2% · 13.1 miHope: 2% · 75.3 miRossville: 2% · 142.8 miHutchinson 26%Sterling 6%McPherson 4%Wichita 4%Enterprise Township
Enterprise TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi7 residents
55%10–24 mi26 residents
19%25–50 mi9 residents
11%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

Next door

The towns around Enterprise Township

Salt Creek Township: few work hereMedford Township: few work hereWestminster Township: few work hereHuntsville Township: few work hereSalt Creek TownshipMedford TownshipWestminster TownshipHuntsville TownshipEnterprise Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Medford Township22 min
Salt Creek Township26 min
Enterprise Township26 min
Westminster Township36 min
Huntsville Township37 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownEnterprise Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Enterprise Township–——26 min—
Salt Creek Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Medford Townshipunder 3%——22 min—
Westminster Townshipunder 3%——36 min—
Huntsville Townshipunder 3%——37 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Salt Creek Township, Medford Township, Westminster Township and Huntsville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Enterprise Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Enterprise Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Enterprise Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Enterprise Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Enterprise Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (26%, 15 mi), South Hutchinson (11%, 13 mi), Sterling (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Enterprise 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 Enterprise Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Enterprise Township

Enterprise Township home →

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.