Photo: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domainWork means Wichita for more than half of Park Township’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26. Park Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Park Township; the top destination outside it is Wichita (60%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Park Township, in a few figures
Park Township trades workers with the towns around it
Park Township has about as many jobs (3,206) as working residents (3,399), but they are mostly different people: 3,145 residents leave for work each day while 2,952 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Park Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Park Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Park Township went from 1,583 in 2014 to 3,206 in 2024, +103%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Park Township is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Park Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Park Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #61 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Park Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Park Township could be anywhere from C to A+.
How many people are in Park Township by day
On a workday 3,145 residents head out to work, 254 work right here, and 2,952 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Park Township, services account for most jobs
3,206 jobs are based in Park Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,583 → 3,206. 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 Park Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Park Township commutes to
Where Park Township clocks in
60% 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.
Time on the road from Park Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,047 commuters (the 15% 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.
The distance from Park Township to work
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.
In Park Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Park Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #35 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,577 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.6% of Park Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Park Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Park Township ranks: 1,274th of 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 206 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 7% | A+ |
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| 260 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 12% | A |
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| 361 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 12% | A |
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| 1,272 | Schoolcraft Township MI | 9,316 | $81K | 8.5% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,273 | Bristol PA | 9,970 | $76K | 8.6% | 5.1% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,274 | Park Township KS | 8,984 | $70K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,275 | Fairview Shores FL | 11,844 | $62K | 11.8% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,276 | Trinity NC | 7,274 | $83K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Park Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door is work for 67% of Park Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Park Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Township | – | B+ | B+ | 18 min | $70,179 |
| Wichita | 60% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $64,620 |
| Maize | 7% | B | A− | 18 min | $72,024 |
| Valley Center Township | under 2% | B | C− | 34 min | $61,000 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | C | 22 min | $103,036 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wichita. Darker towns draw more of Park 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 Park Township: questions
What is the median household income in Park Township?
$70,179 (±$30,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park Township?
11.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Park Township walkable?
Park Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Park Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Park Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park 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. 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.