Hund School · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Kickapoo Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Kickapoo Township has 196 jobs for 783 working residents. For jobs and income Kickapoo Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). Poverty touches 3.3% of residents; Kansas has 11.3%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kickapoo Township: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Kickapoo Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Kickapoo Township fell from 468 in 2013 to 196 in 2023, −58%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Kickapoo Township is a place people come home to
There are 196 jobs based in Kickapoo Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kickapoo Township has about 1,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Kickapoo Township works in Leavenworth
222 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Leavenworth, 5.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 5 times as many as work in Kickapoo Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 783 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kickapoo Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Kickapoo Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Kickapoo Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kickapoo Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Jobs in Kickapoo Township: what the 196 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kickapoo Township, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 196. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kickapoo Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 738 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Kickapoo Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
28% of working residents work in Leavenworth
Where Kickapoo Township clocks in
28% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kickapoo Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Kickapoo Township works
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.
Kickapoo Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 680 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Kickapoo Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kickapoo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Kickapoo Township ranks 1,477th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Tangelo Park FL | 2,404 | $68K | 8.9% | 4.3% | 0% | B |
| 1,476 | Arcola TX | 2,499 | $75K | 13.0% | 11.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,477 | Kickapoo Township KS | 1,857 | $87K | 3.3% | 2.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,478 | Fayston VT | 1,400 | $110K | 4.2% | 3.3% | 16% | B |
| 1,479 | Homer GA | 2,016 | $89K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Kickapoo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Kickapoo Township and its neighbors: 28% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kickapoo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo Township | – | B | D− | 25 min | $87,108 |
| Leavenworth | 28% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $72,987 |
| High Prairie Township | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $103,229 |
| Easton Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $64,712 |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Delaware Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 29 min | $118,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Leavenworth. Darker towns draw more of Kickapoo 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 Kickapoo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kickapoo Township?
$87,108 (±$36,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kickapoo Township?
3.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kickapoo Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kickapoo Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leavenworth (28%, 5 mi), Kansas City (7%, 22 mi), Kansas City (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kickapoo Township walkable?
Kickapoo Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kickapoo Township 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 Kickapoo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kickapoo 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. 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.