Most of Township 11 commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 12% across Kansas. Township 11 has 97 jobs for 179 working residents. Only 3% work in Township 11; the top destination outside it is Pratt (40%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Township 11
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Township 11 on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Township 11’s working residents head each day
Where Township 11 clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Township 11
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 11’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 11, 2014 → 2024: 125 → 97. 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.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 11 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Township 11 to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Township 11 compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Township 12. Darker towns draw more of Township 11’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 11 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 11 | – | — | — | 14 min | $75,417 |
| Township 10 | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Elm Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Township 12 | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Kingman Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| McAdoo Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 10, Elm Mills Township, Township 12, Kingman Township and McAdoo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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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.
Jobs and commuting in Township 11: questions
What is the median household income in Township 11?
$75,417 (±$14,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 11?
5.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 11?
14 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Township 11 work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pratt (40%, 15 mi), Wichita (7%, 71 mi), Hutchinson (4%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Township 11 without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Township 11, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 11
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.