Fort Larned National Historic Site · Photo: Nathan King / National Park Service · Public domainSanta Fe Township has 4.7 jobs for every working resident: 289 people commute in to work
62% of workers work from home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. 296 jobs are based in Santa Fe Township; 63 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Santa Fe Township; the top destination outside it is Larned (19%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Santa Fe Township
On a workday 56 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 390 people are in Santa Fe Township on a workday afternoon, 147% more 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 Santa Fe Township’s workforce comes from
Where Santa Fe Township clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Santa Fe Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Fe Township, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 296. 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 Santa Fe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Santa Fe Township
of Santa Fe Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 62% 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.
Miles to work from Santa Fe Township
About 32% 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.
Santa Fe Township and its neighbors: 20% work next door
The biggest share goes to Pawnee Township (17%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Fe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Pawnee Township | 17% | — | — | — | — |
| Orange Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Grove Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Ridge Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pawnee Township, Orange Township, Pleasant Grove Township and Pleasant Ridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Santa Fe Township?
85.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Santa Fe Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Larned (19%, 6 mi), Pawnee Township (17%, 6 mi), Wichita (5%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Fe 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.