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Jobs & commute in Orlando Township

Work means St. Francis for more than half of Orlando Township’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Orlando Township for work; outside it, St. Francis is the main destination (55%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Orlando Township has 22 jobs for 11 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Orlando Township on a workday

On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

11live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night50
Workday61
50live here− 11head out to work+ 22come in to work= 61on a workday

About 61 people are in Orlando Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Orlando Township’s workforce comes from

Almena: 1 workers live here (5%)St. Francis: 8 workers live here (36%)Atwood: 1 workers live here (5%)OakleyOberlin: 1 workers live here (5%)Bird CityColby: 1 workers live here (5%)Goodland: 3 workers live here (14%)HutchinsonWichita: 1 workers live here (5%)Orlando TownshipCalhoun TownshipAchilles Township: 1 workers live here (5%)Wano Township: 2 workers live here (9%)St. FrancisGoodlandWano TownshipAlmenaAtwoodOberlinOrlando Township
1
St. Francis5.9 mi away
36%8
2
Goodland30.2 mi away
14%3
3
Wano Township8.9 mi away
9%2
4
Almena105.4 mi away
5%1
5
Atwood34.6 mi away
5%1
6
Oberlin61.7 mi away
5%1
7
Colby44.2 mi away
5%1
8
Wichita275.2 mi away
5%1
9
Achilles Township46.5 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%3
The top trips

Where Orlando 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

73% of the jobs in Orlando Township pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Orlando TownshipJobs Orlando Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms18%9%
Trade, transport & utilities82%45%
Services: health, schools, offices0%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month9%18%
Over $3,333 a month73%55%

Who does it

29 or younger18%0%
30 to 5455%36%
55 and older27%64%
+175%

Jobs based in Orlando Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 22. 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 Orlando Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Orlando Township

Working from home
30%

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

About 3 in 10
How Orlando Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 26 commuters (the 30% 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

How many miles Orlando Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSt. Francis: 55% · 5.9 miOakley: 9% · 64.3 miBird City: 9% · 8.8 miGoodland: 9% · 30.2 miHutchinson: 9% · 235.6 miSt. Francis 55%Oakley 9%Bird City 9%Goodland 9%Hutchinson 9%Orlando Township
Orlando TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
55%Under 10 mi6 residents
9%10–24 mi1 residents
9%25–50 mi1 residents
27%Over 50 mi3 residents

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.

Next door

Orlando Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownOrlando Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Orlando Township–————
Wano Townshipunder 10%DB+11 min$53,980
Calhoun Townshipunder 10%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Orlando 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Orlando Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Orlando Township?

8.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Orlando Township work?

0% work in town.

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Orlando Township

Orlando Township home →

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.