Wheatland Farm Historic District · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Rinehart Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 26% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Employers in Rinehart Township report 12 jobs for 71 working residents. Hardly any work in Rinehart Township; the top destination outside it is Abilene (17%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Rinehart Township
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Rinehart Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rinehart Township goes to work
Where Rinehart Township clocks in
17% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Rinehart Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rinehart Township, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 12. 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 Rinehart Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Rinehart Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rinehart Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where in the region Rinehart Township works
About 25% 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.
Rinehart Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rinehart Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rinehart Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $112,237 |
| Lyon Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Noble Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 21 min | $76,429 |
| Center Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 22 min | $67,143 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyon Township and Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rinehart 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 Rinehart Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rinehart Township?
$112,237 (±$36,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rinehart Township?
9.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rinehart Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rinehart Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (17%, 14 mi), Salina (13%, 35 mi), Junction City (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rinehart 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 Rinehart Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rinehart 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.