Photo: Ian Ballinger · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Ottawa Township has 3.6 jobs per working resident, and 1,657 people come in to work
17% of workers work from home (Kansas 12%). Employers in Ottawa Township report 1,675 jobs for 465 working residents. Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ottawa Township: the gist
Ottawa Township fills up on a workday
Ottawa Township has 1,675 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, more than double the 830 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
91% of the jobs in Ottawa Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Ottawa Township and Ottawa trade workers both ways
Ottawa is the top workplace for Ottawa Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Ottawa Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 465 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Ottawa Township by day
On a workday 447 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Ottawa Township on a workday afternoon, 145% more 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.
What Ottawa Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ottawa Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,100 → 1,675. 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 Ottawa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Ottawa Township
Where Ottawa Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
Getting to work from Ottawa Township takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ottawa Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 17% 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 Ottawa Township
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.
Ottawa Township and its neighbors: 21% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ottawa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $89,023 |
| Ottawa | 21% | B | B− | 20 min | $71,699 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Hayes Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Centropolis Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 23 min | $64,344 |
| Peoria Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township, Hayes Township and Peoria Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ottawa. Darker towns draw more of Ottawa 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 Ottawa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ottawa Township?
$89,023 (±$20,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ottawa Township?
3.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ottawa Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ottawa Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (21%, 3 mi), Overland Park (8%, 36 mi), Lenexa (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ottawa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ottawa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ottawa 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.