Work means Pratt for about half of Township 12’s working residents
Home is the office for 20% of workers, against 12% across Kansas. Only 4% work in Township 12 itself; outside it, Pratt draws the most (45%, 9 miles). At 20 minutes each way, commutes from Township 12 run about the Kansas average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Township 12 stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Township 12 than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Township 12 fell from 498 in 2014 to 226 in 2024, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 396 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Township 12 commutes to
Where Township 12 clocks in
45% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Township 12: what the 226 are
226 jobs are based in Township 12. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 12’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 12, 2014 → 2024: 498 → 226. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Township 12
About 35% 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.
Who works in Township 12, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Township 12 on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes to work from Township 12
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 12 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 20% 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.
Next door to Township 12
The biggest share goes to Township 9 (2%). Darker towns draw more of Township 12’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 12 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 12 | – | — | — | 20 min | $100,250 |
| Township 9 | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Township 11 | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Township 6 | 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Township 7 | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Rural Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 9, Township 11, Township 6, Township 7 and Rural Township: 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 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 12: questions
What is the median household income in Township 12?
$100,250 (±$18,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 12?
4.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 12?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Township 12 work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Township 12 without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Township 12, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 12
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.