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Jobs & commute in Township 10

Township 10 has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Employers in Township 10 report 4 jobs, and 67 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Township 10; the top destination outside it is Pratt (37%, 15 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Township 10: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

67live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday46
110live here− 67head out to work+ 4come in to work= 46on a workday

About 46 people are in Township 10 on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Township 10 work

Greenwood Village: 1 residents work here (1%)Loveland: 1 residents work here (1%)StaffordUlysses: 2 residents work here (3%)KingmanPratt: 25 residents work here (37%)Dodge City: 2 residents work here (3%)Newton: 2 residents work here (3%)Wichita: 5 residents work here (7%)Overland Park: 2 residents work here (3%)Township 6Township 12: 2 residents work here (3%)McAdoo TownshipTownship 10Township 11Township 8: 2 residents work here (3%)Township 9Turkey Creek TownshipPrattWichitaUlyssesDodge CityNewtonOverland ParkTownship 10
1
Pratt15 mi away
37%25
2
Wichita85.6 mi away
7%5
3
Ulysses134.9 mi away
3%2
4
Dodge City63.9 mi away
3%2
5
Newton92.3 mi away
3%2
6
Overland Park247.4 mi away
3%2
7
Township 1215.6 mi away
3%2
8
Township 818.9 mi away
3%2
91%1
10
Loveland, CO387.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%23
The top trips

Where Township 10 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 Township 10’s jobs are in goods

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 10’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 10Jobs Township 10 residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices0%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%31%
Over $3,333 a month75%51%

Who does it

29 or younger50%30%
30 to 5425%40%
55 and older25%30%
−69%

Jobs based in Township 10, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 4. 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.

Time on the road

A commute of about 17 minutes in Township 10

A year of commuting
132 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Township 1017 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Township 10 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Township 10 gets to work
75%Drive alone
25%Carpool

Share of the 56 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

The commute from Township 10, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPratt: 37% · 15 miWichita: 7% · 85.6 miUlysses: 3% · 134.9 miDodge City: 3% · 63.9 miNewton: 3% · 92.3 miOverland Park: 3% · 247.4 miTownship 12: 3% · 15.6 miTownship 8: 3% · 18.9 miGreenwood Village: 1% · 356.1 miLoveland: 1% · 387.5 miPratt 37%Wichita 7%Ulysses 3%Dodge City 3%Township 10
Township 10Top destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi3 residents
46%10–24 mi30 residents
3%25–50 mi2 residents
46%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 46% 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.

Next door

How Township 10 compares with the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Township 10’s workers.

Jobs & commute next door

TownTownship 10 workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Township 10–——17 min$78,750
Township 11under 2%——14 min—
Township 9under 2%——18 min—
Turkey Creek Townshipunder 2%————
McAdoo Townshipunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Township 11, Township 9, Turkey Creek Township and McAdoo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Township 10: questions

What is the median household income in Township 10?

$78,750 (±$7,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Township 10?

16.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Township 10?

17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Township 10 work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pratt (37%, 15 mi), Wichita (7%, 86 mi), Ulysses (3%, 135 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Township 10 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 Township 10, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Township 10

Township 10 home →

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.