Township 4 has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. There are 7 jobs in Township 4, against 70 working residents. Hardly any work in Township 4 itself; outside it, Anthony draws the most (23%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Township 4
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Township 4 on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Township 4 ends
Where Township 4 clocks in
23% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Township 4’s jobs are in goods
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 4’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 4, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 7. 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.
Working from home in Township 4
of Township 4 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 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 Township 4’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
The towns around Township 4
The biggest share goes to Township 5 (4%). Darker towns draw more of Township 4’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 4 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 4 | – | — | — | — | — |
| Township 3 | under 2% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Bluff Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Township 5 | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 3, Bluff Township, Morris Township 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 4: questions
What is the poverty rate in Township 4?
2.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Township 4 work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anthony (23%, 10 mi), Attica (17%, 21 mi), Harper (11%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Township 4 without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Township 4, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 4
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.