Paris Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Paris Township has 14 jobs, against 190 working residents. Hardly any stay in Paris Township for work; outside it, La Cygne is the main destination (8%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Paris Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Paris Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Paris Township goes to work
Where Paris Township clocks in
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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Paris Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paris Township, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 14. 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 Paris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paris Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 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 Paris Township goes to work
About 32% 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.
Around Paris Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Township | – | — | — | 40 min | $35,893 |
| Centerville Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Scott Township | under 3% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| Mound City Township | under 3% | C− | B+ | 27 min | $63,542 |
| Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Potosi Township | under 3% | C | B− | 31 min | $61,481 |
Same-state neighbors only. Centerville Township, Scott Township and Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paris 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 Paris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paris Township?
$35,893 (±$18,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paris Township?
4.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paris Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paris Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Cygne (8%, 10 mi), Paola (8%, 26 mi), Pleasanton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paris 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 Paris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paris 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.