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Jobs & commute in Langdon Township

A job hub: Langdon Township has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 102 people come in to work

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Langdon Township has 104 jobs for 46 working residents. Only 4% stay in Langdon Township for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (26%, 26 miles).

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

Day and night

Langdon Township by day and by night

On a workday 44 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.

44live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
102work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday180
120live here− 44head out to work+ 100come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Langdon Township on a workday afternoon, 48% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.26jobs 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 Langdon Township’s workforce comes from

Plevna: 4 workers live here (4%)Sylvia: 7 workers live here (7%)AbbyvilleTuron: 6 workers live here (6%)Pretty PrairieHavenCedar ValeStafford: 3 workers live here (3%)Arlington: 18 workers live here (17%)Nickerson: 4 workers live here (4%)South HutchinsonHutchinson: 12 workers live here (12%)WichitaPlevna TownshipGrove TownshipHaven Township: 3 workers live here (3%)Langdon TownshipArlington Township: 3 workers live here (3%)Bell Township: 4 workers live here (4%)ArlingtonHutchinsonSylviaTuronPlevnaNickersonLangdon Township
1
Arlington7.5 mi away
17%18
2
Hutchinson25.8 mi away
12%12
3
Sylvia8.3 mi away
7%7
4
Turon7.6 mi away
6%6
5
Plevna7.3 mi away
4%4
6
Nickerson23 mi away
4%4
7
Bell Township5.8 mi away
4%4
8
Stafford17.1 mi away
3%3
9
Haven Township28.7 mi away
3%3
103%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%40
The top trips

Where Langdon 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

Most jobs in Langdon Township are in services

Jobs based in Langdon TownshipJobs Langdon Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms18%24%
Trade, transport & utilities1%17%
Services: health, schools, offices81%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%22%
Over $3,333 a month41%59%

Who does it

29 or younger15%13%
30 to 5447%57%
55 and older38%30%
+8%

Jobs based in Langdon Township, 2014 → 2024: 96 → 104. 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 Langdon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Langdon Township: about 27 minutes

A year of commuting
208 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Langdon Township27 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Langdon Township gets to work
67%Drive alone
2%Carpool
24%Transit
7%Walk

Share of the 42 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.

How far

The distance from Langdon Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHutchinson: 26% · 25.8 miSouth Hutchinson: 7% · 22.7 miWichita: 7% · 54 miHaven: 4% · 28.9 miPlevna: 2% · 7.3 miAbbyville: 2% · 9.3 miPretty Prairie: 2% · 16.8 miCedar Vale: 2% · 112.2 miStafford: 2% · 17.1 miHutchinson 26%South Hutchinson 7%Wichita 7%Haven 4%Plevna 2%Langdon Township
Langdon TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi6 residents
24%10–24 mi11 residents
30%25–50 mi14 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

Next door to Langdon Township

Plevna Township: few work hereGrove Township: few work hereArlington Township: few work herePlevna TownshipGrove TownshipArlington TownshipLangdon Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Arlington Township21 min
Langdon Township27 min
Plevna Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownLangdon Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Langdon Township–——27 min$88,186
Plevna Townshipunder 3%——32 min—
Grove Townshipunder 3%————
Arlington Townshipunder 3%——21 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Plevna Township, Grove Township and Arlington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Langdon 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 Langdon Township: questions

What is the median household income in Langdon Township?

$88,186 (±$43,346) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Langdon Township?

14.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Langdon Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Langdon Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (26%, 26 mi), South Hutchinson (7%, 23 mi), Wichita (7%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Langdon Township without a car?

24% 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 Langdon Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Langdon Township

Langdon 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.