Peters Township draws 307 commuters a day, with 5.7 jobs for every working resident
There are 312 jobs in Peters Township; 55 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Peters Township itself; outside it, Cunningham draws the most (15%, 12 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Peters Township by day and by night
On a workday 50 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 360 people are in Peters Township on a workday afternoon, 254% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Peters Township
Where Peters Township clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Peters Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peters Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 312. 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 Peters Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Peters Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peters Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 3% 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 Peters Township
About 44% 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 to Peters Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peters Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Township | – | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Belmont Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rochester Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Kingman Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Belmont Township, Rochester Township, Kingman Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peters 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 Peters Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Peters Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peters Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peters Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cunningham (15%, 12 mi), Kingman (11%, 14 mi), Wichita (9%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peters Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peters Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peters 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.