Summers Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). Summers Township has 19 jobs, against 58 working residents. Hardly any work in Summers Township itself; outside it, Colby draws the most (26%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Summers Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Summers Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Summers Township goes to work
Where Summers Township clocks in
26% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Summers Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summers Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 19. 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 Summers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Summers Township
of Summers Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
How many miles Summers Township commutes
About 33% 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.
The towns around Summers Township
The biggest share goes to Morgan Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summers Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Morgan Township | 9% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| South Randall Township | under 2% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Kingery Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| North Randall Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morgan Township, South Randall Township, Kingery Township and North Randall Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summers 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 Summers Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Summers Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Summers Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colby (26%, 11 mi), Oakley (9%, 13 mi), Morgan Township (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Summers 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 Summers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summers 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.