Powell Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Powell Township has 1 jobs, and 20 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Powell Township itself; outside it, Coldwater draws the most (40%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Powell Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44 people are in Powell Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 the trip to work from Powell Township ends
Where Powell Township clocks in
40% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Powell Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powell Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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 Powell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Powell Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powell Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 4% 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 Powell Township to work
About 35% 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.
Powell Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Township | – | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Coldwater Township | under 5% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Sun City Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Coldwater Township and Sun City Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powell 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 Powell Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Powell Township?
43.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powell Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Powell Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (40%, 16 mi), Protection (15%, 24 mi), Minneola (10%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powell 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 Powell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powell 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.