Wano Township draws about half of Jaqua Township’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Jaqua Township has 8 jobs for 8 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Jaqua Township
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 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 (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Jaqua Township goes to work
Where Jaqua Township clocks in
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Jaqua Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jaqua Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jaqua Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jaqua Township
of Jaqua Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
Half of Jaqua Township commutes less than 15 miles
About 38% 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.
50% of Jaqua Township works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jaqua Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaqua Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Benkelman Township | under 13% | — | — | — | — |
| Wano Township | 50% | D | B+ | 11 min | $53,980 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benkelman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wano Township. Darker towns draw more of Jaqua 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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Jaqua Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jaqua Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jaqua Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Jaqua 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 Jaqua Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jaqua Township
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.