A job hub: King City Township has 4.8 jobs per working resident, and 1,013 people come in to work
There are 1,025 jobs in King City Township; 214 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in King City Township itself; outside it, Moundridge draws the most (21%, 10 miles). For 18% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from King City Township, in brief
King City Township fills up on a workday
King City Township has 1,025 jobs, 4.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, more than double the 490 who live here. Day and night ↓
King City Township makes and builds things
90% of the jobs based in King City Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs King City Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
King City Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in King City Township went from 526 in 2014 to 1,025 in 2024, +95%. 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; with 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who leaves King City Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 202 residents head out to work and 12 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in King City Township on a workday afternoon, 166% 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 2024, primary jobs.
90% of the jobs in King City Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King City Township, 2014 → 2024: 526 → 1,025. 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 King City Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in King City Township, and from where
Where King City Township 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.
King City Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King City Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 359 commuters (the 18% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from King City Township
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 15% of King City Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to McPherson (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | King City Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King City Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $157,944 |
| McPherson Township | 5% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| McPherson | 10% | B | A− | 11 min | $77,529 |
| Lone Tree Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Groveland Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McPherson Township, Lone Tree Township and Groveland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of King City 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 King City Township: questions
What is the median household income in King City Township?
$157,944 (±$19,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in King City Township?
6.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King City Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King City Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moundridge (21%, 10 mi), McPherson (10%, 5 mi), Hutchinson (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around King City Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from King City Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of King City 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.