Kapioma Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Kapioma Township itself; outside it, Atchison draws the most (27%, 20 miles). Employers in Kapioma Township report 9 jobs, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. 20% of workers work from home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kapioma Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Kapioma Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 the trip to work from Kapioma Township ends
Where Kapioma Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 44% of Kapioma Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kapioma Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 9. 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 Kapioma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Kapioma Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kapioma Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 20% 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.
The commute from Kapioma Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Kapioma Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kapioma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapioma Township | – | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Grasshopper Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Benton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | B | B | 29 min | $66,146 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grasshopper Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Benton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kapioma 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 Kapioma Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kapioma Township?
16.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kapioma Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kapioma Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atchison (27%, 20 mi), Topeka (6%, 33 mi), St. Joseph (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kapioma Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kapioma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kapioma 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.