Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Oketo Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Oketo Township has 6 jobs, and 100 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Oketo Township itself; outside it, Marysville draws the most (28%, 8 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Oketo Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Oketo Township on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Where Oketo Township’s working residents head each day
Where Oketo Township clocks in
28% 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.
Oketo Township makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oketo Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Oketo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Oketo Township takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oketo Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 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.
Oketo Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
How Oketo Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oketo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oketo Township | – | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Balderson Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Marysville Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Herkimer Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Balderson Township, Marysville Township and Herkimer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oketo 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 Oketo Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oketo Township?
31.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oketo Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oketo Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marysville (28%, 8 mi), Seneca (7%, 31 mi), Beattie (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oketo 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 Oketo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oketo 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.