A job hub: Swan Township has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 26 people come in to work
0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. There are 27 jobs in Swan Township, and 11 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Swan Township; the top destination outside it is Smith Center (18%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Swan Township by day and by night
On a workday 10 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 52 people are in Swan Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Who travels to work in Swan Township, and from where
Where Swan Township clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Swan Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swan Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 27. 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 Swan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Swan Township
of Swan Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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 Swan Township goes to work
About 27% 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.
Swan Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| German Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Crystal Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Cedar Township | under 10% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Township, German Township, Crystal Township and Cedar Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swan 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 Swan Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Swan Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Swan Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smith Center (18%, 14 mi), Kensington (9%, 7 mi), Phillipsburg (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Swan 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 Swan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swan 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.