Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Powhattan Township
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. About one in seven work in Powhattan Township itself; outside it, Sabetha draws the most (14%, 14 miles). There are 414 jobs in Powhattan Township for 317 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Powhattan Township
Services make up most of the work in Powhattan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powhattan Township, 2014 → 2024: 590 → 414. 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 Powhattan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Powhattan Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 265 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Powhattan Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 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.
Where the trip to work from Powhattan Township ends
Where Powhattan Township clocks in
Lines 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.
About 23 minutes to work from Powhattan Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powhattan Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Powhattan Township, by distance
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Powhattan Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powhattan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powhattan Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $51,477 |
| Capioma Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Granada Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Mission Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Capioma Township, Granada Township, Walnut Township and Mission Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powhattan 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 Powhattan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Powhattan Township?
$51,477 (±$10,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powhattan Township?
19.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powhattan Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Powhattan Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sabetha (14%, 14 mi), Hiawatha (12%, 13 mi), Kickapoo Tribal Center (11%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Powhattan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Powhattan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powhattan 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.