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Jobs & commute in Kingman Township

Most of Kingman Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

There are 13 jobs in Kingman Township, and 45 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Kingman Township itself; outside it, Cunningham draws the most (13%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 45% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Kingman Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

45live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday72
100live here− 45head out to work+ 13come in to work= 72on a workday

About 72 people are in Kingman Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.29jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Kingman Township’s working residents head each day

Nashville: 1 residents work here (2%)SharonCunningham: 6 residents work here (13%)SpiveyAttica: 1 residents work here (2%)Haven: 1 residents work here (2%)Montezuma: 1 residents work here (2%)LindsborgKingman: 6 residents work here (13%)Pratt: 6 residents work here (13%)Great Bend: 2 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 5 residents work here (11%)GuymonHoosier Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Union TownshipRural TownshipGarden City TownshipGrinnell TownshipLiberty TownshipKingman TownshipPeters TownshipBennett TownshipDresden TownshipTownship 11CunninghamKingmanPrattWichitaGreat BendHoosier TownshipKingman Township
1
Cunningham8.6 mi away
13%6
2
Kingman17.9 mi away
13%6
3
Pratt23.4 mi away
13%6
4
Wichita58.8 mi away
11%5
5
Great Bend61.7 mi away
4%2
6
Hoosier Township16.7 mi away
4%2
7
Nashville5.9 mi away
2%1
8
Attica21.5 mi away
2%1
9
Haven42.8 mi away
2%1
10
Montezuma112.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%14
The top trips

Where Kingman Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Kingman Township makes things: 92% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Kingman TownshipJobs Kingman Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms92%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices8%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%24%
Over $3,333 a month62%60%

Who does it

29 or younger38%20%
30 to 5454%36%
55 and older8%44%

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 Kingman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kingman Township

Working from home
45%

of Kingman Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Kingman Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 27 commuters (the 45% 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

Half of Kingman Township commutes less than 23 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCunningham: 13% · 8.6 miKingman: 13% · 17.9 miPratt: 13% · 23.4 miWichita: 11% · 58.8 miGreat Bend: 4% · 61.7 miHoosier Township: 4% · 16.7 miNashville: 2% · 5.9 miAttica: 2% · 21.5 miHaven: 2% · 42.8 miMontezuma: 2% · 112.3 miCunningham 13%Kingman 13%Pratt 13%Great Bend 4%Kingman Township
Kingman TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi4 residents
44%10–24 mi20 residents
13%25–50 mi6 residents
33%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 33% 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.

Next door

Kingman Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Township 1114 min
Rural Township26 min
Liberty Township27 min
Peters Township27 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownKingman Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Kingman Township–———$70,089
Peters Townshipunder 3%——27 min—
Liberty Townshipunder 3%——27 min—
Rural Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Township 11under 3%——14 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Peters Township, Liberty Township, Rural Township and Township 11: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Kingman Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kingman Township: questions

What is the median household income in Kingman Township?

$70,089 (±$33,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Kingman Township?

20.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Kingman Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cunningham (13%, 9 mi), Kingman (13%, 18 mi), Pratt (13%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Kingman 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 Kingman Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kingman Township

Kingman Township home →

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.