Kingery Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 50% of workers, against 12% across Kansas. There are 10 jobs in Kingery Township, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Kingery Township itself; outside it, Colby draws the most (33%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Kingery Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in Kingery Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Kingery Township to work: where people go
Where Kingery Township clocks in
33% 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.
90% of the jobs in Kingery Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingery Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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 Kingery Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kingery Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingery Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 50% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kingery Township
About 29% 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.
Around Kingery Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingery Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingery Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $130,625 |
| Summers Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| West Hale Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Winona Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Summers Township, West Hale Township and Winona Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingery 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 Kingery Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kingery Township?
$130,625 (±$87,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingery Township?
0.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingery Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 50% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingery Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colby (33%, 17 mi), Hoxie (7%, 46 mi), Smith Township (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kingery Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingery Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingery 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.