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Jobs & commute in Sumner Township

Most of Sumner Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Employers in Sumner Township report 5 jobs for 55 working residents. Hardly any stay in Sumner Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (42%, 26 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Sumner Township by day

On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

55live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday69
120live here− 55head out to work+ 5come in to work= 69on a workday

About 69 people are in Sumner Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The towns that employ Sumner Township’s residents

Norwich: 1 residents work here (2%)Attica: 1 residents work here (2%)Andale: 1 residents work here (2%)Harper: 2 residents work here (4%)CheneyGoddard: 2 residents work here (4%)Newton: 2 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 23 residents work here (42%)Topeka: 2 residents work here (4%)Sumner TownshipEden TownshipWaco Township: 3 residents work here (5%)Riverside Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Prospect TownshipOsborne TownshipIllinois TownshipSpringdale TownshipSeventy-Six TownshipConway TownshipWichitaWaco TownshipHarperGoddardNewtonTopekaSumner Township
1
Wichita25.8 mi away
42%23
2
Waco Township18.4 mi away
5%3
3
Harper27.6 mi away
4%2
4
Goddard22.1 mi away
4%2
5
Newton48.9 mi away
4%2
6
Topeka153.5 mi away
4%2
7
Riverside Township21.3 mi away
4%2
8
Norwich19.1 mi away
2%1
9
Attica39 mi away
2%1
10
Andale31.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%16
The top trips

Where Sumner Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 100% of Sumner Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Sumner TownshipJobs Sumner Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%35%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less60%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%33%
Over $3,333 a month20%55%

Who does it

29 or younger0%29%
30 to 54100%49%
55 and older0%22%
+400%

Jobs based in Sumner Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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 Sumner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Sumner Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sumner Township28 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Sumner Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sumner Township gets to work
82%Drive alone
18%Carpool

Share of the 50 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 far

How far Sumner Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWichita: 42% · 25.8 miWaco Township: 5% · 18.4 miHarper: 4% · 27.6 miGoddard: 4% · 22.1 miNewton: 4% · 48.9 miTopeka: 4% · 153.5 miRiverside Township: 4% · 21.3 miNorwich: 2% · 19.1 miAttica: 2% · 39 miAndale: 2% · 31.3 miWichita 42%Waco Township 5%Harper 4%Goddard 4%Newton 4%Sumner Township
Sumner TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
41%10–24 mi22 residents
43%25–50 mi23 residents
15%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 15% 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.

Next door

The towns around Sumner Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Springdale Township26 min
Seventy-Six Township26 min
Sumner Township28 min
Illinois Township31 min
Osborne Township31 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSumner Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sumner Township–——28 min$81,250
Springdale Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Illinois Townshipunder 2%——31 min—
Osborne Townshipunder 2%——31 min—
Seventy-Six Townshipunder 2%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Springdale Township, Illinois Township, Osborne Township and Seventy-Six Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sumner Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sumner Township: questions

What is the median household income in Sumner Township?

$81,250 (±$52,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sumner Township?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sumner 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 Sumner Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (42%, 26 mi), Waco Township (5%, 18 mi), Harper (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sumner 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 Sumner Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Sumner Township

Sumner Township home →

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.