Photo: Dave Coon · CC BY 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Kinsley Township works elsewhere
28 jobs are based in Kinsley Township for 54 working residents. Only 2% work in Kinsley Township itself; outside it, Kinsley draws the most (20%, 2 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kinsley Township by day and by night
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 94 people are in Kinsley Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Kinsley Township commutes to
Where Kinsley Township clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
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.
Factories, building and farms: 86% of the jobs in Kinsley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinsley Township, 2014 → 2024: 40 → 28. 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 Kinsley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Kinsley Township, about 8 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinsley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 0% 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 Kinsley Township
About 28% 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.
Kinsley Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wayne Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kinsley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsley Township | – | — | — | 8 min | $125,750 |
| North Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wayne Township | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Logan Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Trenton Township | 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Brown Township, Wayne Township, Logan Township, Trenton Township and Garfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kinsley 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 Kinsley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kinsley Township?
$125,750 (±$36,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinsley Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinsley Township?
8 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinsley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kinsley (20%, 2 mi), Dodge City (13%, 35 mi), Wichita (7%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kinsley 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 Kinsley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinsley 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.