Work and commuting in Township 1
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Kansas has 12%. About one in four stay in Township 1 for work; outside it, Attica is the main destination (22%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Township 1
Township 1 and Attica trade workers both ways
Attica is the top workplace for Township 1 residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Township 1 come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Township 1 are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Township 1 commutes to
Where Township 1 clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Township 1
About 36% 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.
What the 350 jobs in Township 1 are
350 jobs are based in Township 1. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 1’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 1, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 350. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 18 minutes each way for Township 1’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 1 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 375 commuters (the 3% 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.
Work in the towns next to Township 1
The biggest share goes to Township 3. Darker towns draw more of Township 1’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 1 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 1 | – | — | — | 18 min | $46,042 |
| Township 2 | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Township 6 | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Chikaskia Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Rochester Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Township 3 | 3% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Township 5 | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 2, Sharon Township, Township 6, Chikaskia Township, Rochester Township, Township 3 and Township 5: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Township 1: questions
What is the median household income in Township 1?
$46,042 (±$8,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 1?
20.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 1?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Township 1 work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Attica (22%, 2 mi), Wichita (12%, 57 mi), Anthony (11%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Township 1 without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Township 1, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 1
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.