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Jobs & commute in Harvey Township

Harvey Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Harvey Township has 3 jobs, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Harvey Township for work; outside it, Winfield is the main destination (25%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Harvey Township by day and by night

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night94
Workday61
94live here− 36head out to work+ 3come in to work= 61on a workday

About 61 people are in Harvey Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Harvey Township work

Cambridge: 1 residents work here (3%)Udall: 1 residents work here (3%)Council Grove: 1 residents work here (3%)Hays: 1 residents work here (3%)Arkansas City: 4 residents work here (11%)Winfield: 9 residents work here (25%)Derby: 1 residents work here (3%)Wichita: 4 residents work here (11%)Olathe: 2 residents work here (6%)Union TownshipHarvey TownshipOmnia TownshipPleasant Valley Township: 3 residents work here (8%)Union Center TownshipLiberty TownshipWindsor TownshipWinfieldArkansas CityWichitaPleasant Valley TownshipOlatheCambridgeHarvey Township
1
Winfield23.6 mi away
25%9
2
Arkansas City34 mi away
11%4
3
Wichita42.7 mi away
11%4
48%3
5
Olathe139.8 mi away
6%2
6
Cambridge9 mi away
3%1
7
Udall26.9 mi away
3%1
8
Council Grove84.5 mi away
3%1
9
Hays176.6 mi away
3%1
10
Derby35 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%9
The top trips

Where Harvey 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

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Harvey Township

Jobs based in Harvey TownshipJobs Harvey Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%33%
Over $3,333 a month33%47%

Who does it

29 or younger33%22%
30 to 5467%47%
55 and older0%31%

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 Harvey Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Harvey Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Harvey Township gets to work
55%Drive alone
45%Carpool

Share of the 20 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Harvey Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWinfield: 25% · 23.6 miArkansas City: 11% · 34 miWichita: 11% · 42.7 miPleasant Valley Township: 8% · 27.3 miOlathe: 6% · 139.8 miCambridge: 3% · 9 miUdall: 3% · 26.9 miCouncil Grove: 3% · 84.5 miHays: 3% · 176.6 miDerby: 3% · 35 miWinfield 25%Arkansas City 11%Wichita 11%Pleasant Valley Township 8%Olathe 6%Harvey Township
Harvey TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
39%10–24 mi14 residents
36%25–50 mi13 residents
25%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 25% 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.

Next door

Next door to Harvey Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Windsor Township29 min
Omnia Township45 min
Union Township49 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHarvey Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Harvey Township–————
Windsor Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Union Townshipunder 3%——49 min—
Omnia Townshipunder 3%——45 min—
Union Center Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Windsor Township, Union Township, Omnia Township and Union Center Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Harvey 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Harvey Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Harvey Township?

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

Where do people who live in Harvey Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winfield (25%, 24 mi), Arkansas City (11%, 34 mi), Wichita (11%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Harvey Township

Harvey Township home →

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.