Prairie View Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers have no commute at all; Kansas has 12%. 14 jobs are based in Prairie View Township, against 72 working residents. Only 1% work in Prairie View Township; the top destination outside it is Logan (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Prairie View Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Prairie View Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Prairie View Township to work: where people go
Where Prairie View Township clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
In Prairie View Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prairie View Township, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 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 Prairie View Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Prairie View Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prairie View Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 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.
Prairie View Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Prairie View Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prairie View Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $118,750 |
| Dayton Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Long Island Township | 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Almena-District 4 Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Prairie View | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dayton Township, Long Island Township, Beaver Township, Almena-District 4 Township and Prairie View: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Long Island Township. Darker towns draw more of Prairie View 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 Prairie View Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prairie View Township?
$118,750 (±$63,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prairie View Township?
6.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prairie View Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prairie View Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (15%, 16 mi), Phillipsburg (14%, 16 mi), Norton (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prairie View 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 Prairie View Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prairie View 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.