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Jobs & commute in Township 2

Most of Township 2 commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Kansas 12%). Township 2 has 31 jobs, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 14 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Township 2

On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.

127live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
31work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday250
350live here− 130head out to work+ 31come in to work= 250on a workday

About 250 people are in Township 2 on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs 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

39% of working residents work in Stockton

DamarPalco: 2 residents work here (2%)VictoriaOnagaPlainville: 6 residents work here (5%)Osborne: 4 residents work here (3%)Phillipsburg: 12 residents work here (9%)Stockton: 49 residents work here (39%)Hill CityNorton: 4 residents work here (3%)Pratt: 2 residents work here (2%)Hays: 6 residents work here (5%)Bonner SpringsLawrence: 3 residents work here (2%)Wichita: 3 residents work here (2%)FernleyTownship 3Township 11Township 2Bow Creek TownshipTownship 1Township 4Valley TownshipStocktonPhillipsburgPlainvilleHaysOsborneNortonTownship 2
1
Stockton3.6 mi away
39%49
2
Phillipsburg22.8 mi away
9%12
3
Plainville14.5 mi away
5%6
4
Hays38.5 mi away
5%6
5
Osborne27.2 mi away
3%4
6
Norton45.8 mi away
3%4
7
Lawrence213.7 mi away
2%3
8
Wichita156.9 mi away
2%3
9
Palco22.6 mi away
2%2
10
Pratt122.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%36
The top trips

Where Township 2 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

What Township 2’s employers do

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 2’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Township 2Jobs Township 2 residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%20%
Trade, transport & utilities26%22%
Services: health, schools, offices65%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less39%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%39%
Over $3,333 a month19%36%

Who does it

29 or younger29%16%
30 to 5448%48%
55 and older23%36%
+19%

Jobs based in Township 2, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 31. 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

Each way, about 14 minutes from Township 2

A year of commuting
105 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Township 214 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Township 2 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Township 2 gets to work
82%Drive alone
3%Carpool
15%Other

Share of the 93 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Township 2

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miStockton: 39% · 3.6 miPhillipsburg: 9% · 22.8 miPlainville: 5% · 14.5 miHays: 5% · 38.5 miOsborne: 3% · 27.2 miNorton: 3% · 45.8 miLawrence: 2% · 213.7 miWichita: 2% · 156.9 miPalco: 2% · 22.6 miPratt: 2% · 122.2 miStockton 39%Phillipsburg 9%Plainville 5%Hays 5%Osborne 3%Township 2
Township 2Top destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi53 residents
21%10–24 mi26 residents
14%25–50 mi18 residents
23%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 23% 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

Bordering towns draw 39% of Township 2’s workers

Darker towns draw more of Township 2’s workers.

Jobs & commute next door

TownTownship 2 workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Township 2–——14 min$60,021
Township 1under 2%——20 min—
Bow Creek Townshipunder 2%————
Township 3under 2%C+A−13 min$72,417
Township 11under 2%BB14 min$61,790
Stockton39%CA−13 min$62,621
Valley Townshipunder 2%————
Township 4under 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Township 1, Bow Creek Township, Valley Township and Township 4: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Stockton. 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 2: questions

What is the median household income in Township 2?

$60,021 (±$35,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Township 2?

21.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Township 2?

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 2 work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (39%, 4 mi), Phillipsburg (9%, 23 mi), Plainville (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Township 2 without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Township 2, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Township 2

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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.