For more than half of its working residents, Kechi Township is a commute to Wichita
Only 4% work in Kechi Township itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (61%, 8 miles). Jobs and income earn Kechi Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; the Kansas average is 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Kechi Township apart
Kechi Township trades workers with the towns around it
Kechi Township has about as many jobs (4,565) as working residents (4,771), but they are mostly different people: 4,570 residents leave for work each day while 4,364 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Kechi Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Kechi Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Kechi Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kechi Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #46 of 151 in Kansas. Job access by car holds Kechi Township’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kechi Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Kechi Township on a workday
On a workday 4,570 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 4,364 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 (0.96 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.
What the 4,565 jobs in Kechi Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kechi Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,780 → 4,565. 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 Kechi Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Kechi Township ends
Where Kechi Township clocks in
61% 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.
The daily trip from Kechi Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kechi Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,541 commuters (the 10% 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 it is to work from Kechi Township
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.
For most of Kechi Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kechi Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #45 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,020 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Kechi Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kechi Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Kechi Township comes 946th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 437 | Spring Hill KS | 10,777 | $112K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
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| 457 | Attica Township KS | 9,068 | $94K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 514 | Mission Township KS | 10,195 | $122K | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 944 | Boonton NJ | 8,920 | $114K | 8.1% | 6.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 945 | Brooklyn CT | 8,748 | $96K | 2.3% | 4.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 946 | Kechi Township KS | 10,931 | $78K | 10.5% | 2.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 947 | Hopewell Township PA | 13,104 | $74K | 6.7% | 3.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 948 | Oatfield OR | 13,294 | $103K | 9.8% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Kechi Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
67% of Kechi Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kechi Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kechi Township | – | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $77,764 |
| Wichita | 61% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $64,620 |
| Valley Center | 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $77,020 |
| Kechi | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $113,125 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 23 min | $94,722 |
| Bel Aire | under 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $97,795 |
| Park City | 4% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $74,301 |
| Payne Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $103,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wichita. Darker towns draw more of Kechi 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 Kechi Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kechi Township?
$77,764 (±$8,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kechi Township?
10.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kechi Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kechi Township work?
4% work in town.
Is Kechi Township walkable?
Kechi Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kechi Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kechi Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kechi 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.