Ryan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Ryan Township has 14 jobs, against 71 working residents. Hardly any stay in Ryan Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (31%, 34 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ryan Township by day and by night
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Ryan Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 people from Ryan Township work
Where Ryan Township clocks in
31% 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.
Jobs in Ryan Township: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ryan Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 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 Ryan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ryan Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ryan Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 0% 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 Ryan Township to work
About 17% 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.
Ryan Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ryan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $60,000 |
| Springdale Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dixon Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Chikaskia Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Osborne Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Springdale Township, Dixon Township, Chikaskia Township and Osborne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ryan 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 Ryan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ryan Township?
$60,000 (±$23,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ryan Township?
4.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ryan Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ryan Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (31%, 34 mi), Waco Township (8%, 26 mi), Wellington (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ryan 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 Ryan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ryan 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.