Kickapoo Tribal Center draws 184 commuters a day, with 3.6 jobs for every working resident
About one in five work in Kickapoo Tribal Center itself; outside it, Hiawatha draws the most (11%, 14 miles). Employers in Kickapoo Tribal Center report 195 jobs, against 54 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Kickapoo Tribal Center, and who commutes in
On a workday 43 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 270 people are in Kickapoo Tribal Center on a workday afternoon, 110% more 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 Kickapoo Tribal Center’s workforce comes from
Where Kickapoo Tribal Center clocks in
7% 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.
Most jobs in Kickapoo Tribal Center are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kickapoo Tribal Center, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 195. 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 Kickapoo Tribal Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kickapoo Tribal Center takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kickapoo Tribal Center workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 16% 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 Kickapoo Tribal Center
About 17% 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.
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 Kickapoo Tribal Center: questions
What is the median household income in Kickapoo Tribal Center?
$35,000 (±$18,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kickapoo Tribal Center?
47.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kickapoo Tribal Center?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kickapoo Tribal Center work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hiawatha (11%, 14 mi), Irving Township (9%, 22 mi), Seneca (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kickapoo Tribal Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kickapoo Tribal Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kickapoo Tribal Center
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.