About half of Reno Township’s working residents commute to Hutchinson
Household incomes here are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Reno Township are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Reno Township for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (47%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Reno Township
Reno Township makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Reno Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Reno Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Most Reno Township residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Reno Township gains people on a workday
About 5,200 people are in Reno Township on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 4,400 who live here: 2,500 come in to work and 1,700 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Reno Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reno Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #83 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Reno Township’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($59,505, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reno Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
57% of the jobs in Reno Township make or build things
2,734 jobs are based in Reno Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reno Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,073 → 2,734. 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 Reno Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Reno Township commutes less than 5 miles
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.
A workday in Reno Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,674 residents head out to work, 195 work right here, and 2,539 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Reno Township on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 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.
The towns that employ Reno Township’s residents
Where Reno Township clocks in
47% 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.
About 16 minutes each way for Reno Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reno Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,986 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most trips from Reno Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reno Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #60 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,186 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Reno Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reno Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Reno Township is 2,103rd of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,101 | Middlebury IN | 3,752 | $75K | 14.6% | 4.0% | 21% | B− |
| 2,102 | Lone Grove OK | 5,244 | $74K | 14.4% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,103 | Reno Township KS | 4,360 | $60K | 12.4% | 1.6% | 10% | B− |
| 2,104 | Belgrade ME | 3,541 | $88K | 3.1% | 7.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,105 | Montague Township NJ | 3,896 | $101K | 8.8% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Reno Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work next door: 55% of Reno Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reno Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Township | – | B− | B | 16 min | $59,505 |
| Hutchinson | 47% | C | B | 16 min | $58,687 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | B | D− | 21 min | $85,263 |
| Yoder Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 19 min | $95,938 |
| Medora Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 20 min | $78,513 |
| South Hutchinson | 8% | C+ | A− | 14 min | $50,441 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yoder Township, Lincoln Township and Salt Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hutchinson. Darker towns draw more of Reno 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 Reno Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reno Township?
$59,505 (±$8,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reno Township?
12.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reno Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reno Township work?
10% work in town.
Is Reno Township walkable?
Reno Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reno Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reno Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reno 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.