Fort Harker Guardhouse · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Kanopolis has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Kanopolis has 24 jobs; 171 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Kanopolis; the top destination outside it is Ellsworth (28%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Kanopolis, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Kanopolis on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
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 people from Kanopolis work
Where Kanopolis clocks in
4% 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.
38% of the jobs in Kanopolis make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kanopolis, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 24. 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 Kanopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Kanopolis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kanopolis workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 7% 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 Kanopolis goes to work
About 30% 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.
How Kanopolis compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Clear Creek Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kanopolis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanopolis | – | — | — | 25 min | $54,688 |
| Clear Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Ellsworth Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clear Creek Township and Ellsworth Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kanopolis’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 Kanopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Kanopolis?
$54,688 (±$16,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kanopolis?
6.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kanopolis?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kanopolis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (28%, 4 mi), Salina (11%, 30 mi), Wichita (4%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kanopolis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kanopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kanopolis
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.