Households in Oaklawn-Sunview have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Oaklawn-Sunview grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. The poverty rate is 23.2%; Kansas has 11.3%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 3.1 in Wichita.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oaklawn-Sunview and work: the main findings
Oaklawn-Sunview and Wichita trade workers both ways
Wichita is the top workplace for Oaklawn-Sunview residents (58%) and also where the most people who work in Oaklawn-Sunview come from (70% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Oaklawn-Sunview is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Oaklawn-Sunview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oaklawn-Sunview has about 1,600 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Oaklawn-Sunview residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Oaklawn-Sunview workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Oaklawn-Sunview’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Where Oaklawn-Sunview’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oaklawn-Sunview is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #95 of 151 in Kansas. Job access by car holds Oaklawn-Sunview’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,656, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oaklawn-Sunview could be anywhere from C to B+.
58% of working residents work in Wichita
Where Oaklawn-Sunview clocks in
58% of workers
8% 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.
Oaklawn-Sunview quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,188 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Oaklawn-Sunview on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Oaklawn-Sunview’s commute, mile by mile
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.
30% of the jobs in Oaklawn-Sunview make or build things
40 jobs are based in Oaklawn-Sunview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oaklawn-Sunview, 2014 → 2024: 31 → 40. 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 Oaklawn-Sunview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Oaklawn-Sunview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oaklawn-Sunview workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 952 commuters (the 5% 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.
Oaklawn-Sunview is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,003 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 66% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Oaklawn-Sunview households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Oaklawn-Sunview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oaklawn-Sunview is 2,509th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Sharon CT | 2,783 | $101K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,508 | Baltimore Township MI | 2,000 | $77K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,509 | Oaklawn-Sunview KS | 2,789 | $47K | 23.2% | 2.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,510 | Perry NY | 3,546 | $63K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,511 | Oakwood OH | 3,436 | $68K | 21.0% | 4.8% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oaklawn-Sunview, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Oaklawn-Sunview: questions
What is the median household income in Oaklawn-Sunview?
$46,656 (±$16,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oaklawn-Sunview?
23.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oaklawn-Sunview?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oaklawn-Sunview work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (58%, 6 mi), Riverside Township (8%, 2 mi), Derby (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oaklawn-Sunview walkable?
Oaklawn-Sunview is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oaklawn-Sunview without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oaklawn-Sunview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oaklawn-Sunview
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.