With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Silverdale Township works elsewhere
At home: 23% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). Employers in Silverdale Township report 37 jobs, against 127 working residents. Hardly any work in Silverdale Township itself; outside it, Winfield draws the most (20%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Silverdale Township
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Silverdale Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The places Silverdale Township commutes to
Where Silverdale Township clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Silverdale Township makes things: 89% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverdale Township, 2014 → 2024: 16 → 37. 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 Silverdale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Silverdale Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverdale Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 commuters (the 23% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Silverdale Township
About 35% 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.
Silverdale Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Creswell Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silverdale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverdale Township | – | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bolton Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $56,654 |
| Spring Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Creswell Township | 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $85,000 |
| Pleasant Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Creek Township, Pleasant Valley 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 Silverdale 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 Silverdale Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Silverdale Township?
44.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverdale Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverdale Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winfield (20%, 13 mi), Arkansas City (13%, 9 mi), Wichita (13%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Silverdale 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 Silverdale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverdale 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.