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Jobs & commute in Indiana Township

Indiana Township at work: jobs, income and the commute

No jobs are based in Indiana Township in the Census job records; 12 of its residents work elsewhere. 0% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%). Hardly any stay in Indiana Township for work; outside it, Hill City is the main destination (33%, 10 miles).

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

Day and night

Indiana Township by day and by night

On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

12live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night27
Workday15
27live here− 12head out to work+ 0come in to work= 15on a workday

About 15 people are in Indiana Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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

The towns that employ Indiana Township’s residents

Hill City: 4 residents work here (33%)Oakley: 1 residents work here (8%)Salina: 1 residents work here (8%)Wichita: 2 residents work here (17%)Gettysburg TownshipCenter-District 1 Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Highland-District 2 TownshipBuckeye Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Hill City Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Indiana TownshipSouth Bend Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Graham TownshipAllodium TownshipHill CityWichitaOakleySalinaCenter-District 1 TownshipBuckeye TownshipIndiana Township
1
Hill City10.5 mi away
33%4
2
Wichita187.8 mi away
17%2
3
Oakley54.4 mi away
8%1
4
Salina133.6 mi away
8%1
6
Buckeye Township45.3 mi away
8%1
78%1
88%1
The top trips

Where Indiana 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Indiana Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Indiana Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 16 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

How far it is to work from Indiana Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHill City: 33% · 10.5 miWichita: 17% · 187.8 miOakley: 8% · 54.4 miSalina: 8% · 133.6 miCenter-District 1 Township: 8% · 29 miBuckeye Township: 8% · 45.3 miHill City Township: 8% · 9.7 miSouth Bend Township: 8% · 105 miHill City 33%Wichita 17%Oakley 8%Center-District 1 Township 8%Indiana Township
Indiana TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi2 residents
33%10–24 mi4 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
50%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 50% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Indiana Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownIndiana Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Indiana Township–————
Allodium Townshipunder 9%————
Gettysburg Townshipunder 9%————
Highland-District 2 Townshipunder 9%——22 min—
Graham Townshipunder 9%————

Same-state neighbors only. Allodium Township, Gettysburg Township, Highland-District 2 Township and Graham Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Indiana 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 Indiana Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Indiana Township?

37.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Indiana Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hill City (33%, 10 mi), Wichita (17%, 188 mi), Oakley (8%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Indiana Township

Indiana 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.