With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Seventy-Six Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Seventy-Six Township itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (30%, 24 miles). Seventy-Six Township has 23 jobs, against 120 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Seventy-Six Township
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Seventy-Six Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The places Seventy-Six Township commutes to
Where Seventy-Six Township clocks in
30% 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.
What Seventy-Six Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seventy-Six Township, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 23. 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 Seventy-Six Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seventy-Six Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 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 Seventy-Six Township to work
About 18% 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.
Seventy-Six Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seventy-Six Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventy-Six Township | – | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wellington Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Harmon Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Sumner Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wellington Township, Harmon Township and Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seventy-Six 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 Seventy-Six Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Seventy-Six Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seventy-Six Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seventy-Six Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (30%, 24 mi), Wellington (10%, 5 mi), Conway Springs (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seventy-Six Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seventy-Six Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seventy-Six 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.