Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Haven Township trail those of 74% of U.S. towns
6.9% of residents live below the poverty line; Kansas has 11.3%. Haven Township grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten stay in Haven Township for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (33%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Haven Township
Haven Township and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Haven Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Haven Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Haven Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Haven Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Haven Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Haven Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 648 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Haven Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haven Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Haven Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,860, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haven Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where the trip to work from Haven Township ends
Where Haven Township clocks in
33% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Haven Township
600 jobs are based in Haven Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haven Township, 2014 → 2024: 616 → 600. 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 Haven Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Haven Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haven Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 855 commuters (the 11% 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.
Haven Township by day and by night
On a workday 588 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 540 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 (0.93 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.
The distance from Haven Township to work
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Haven Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haven Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Haven Township 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 964 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). 3.2% of Haven Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haven Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Haven Township ranks 2,015th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,013 | Centre Hall PA | 1,225 | $81K | 8.3% | 12.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,014 | Industry PA | 1,783 | $76K | 12.5% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,015 | Haven Township KS | 1,555 | $60K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,016 | Springfield Township PA | 1,822 | $77K | 11.5% | 3.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,017 | Bethel VT | 1,887 | $76K | 8.2% | 1.8% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Haven Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work in the towns next to Haven Township
The biggest share goes to Yoder Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haven Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Township | – | B− | B− | 25 min | $59,860 |
| Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Ninnescah Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Castleton Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Yoder Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Greeley Township | under 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $83,167 |
| Sumner Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Valley Township, Ninnescah Township, Castleton Township, Yoder Township and Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haven 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 Haven Township: questions
What is the median household income in Haven Township?
$59,860 (±$24,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haven Township?
6.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haven Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haven Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (33%, 14 mi), Wichita (10%, 28 mi), Haven (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Haven Township walkable?
Haven Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haven Township 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 Haven Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haven 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. 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.