Where Township 5 earns its living
Home is the office for 3% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Only 4% work in Township 5 itself; outside it, Anthony draws the most (23%, 8 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Township 5: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Township 5 on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 people who work in Township 5 live
Where Township 5 clocks in
23% of workers
19% of workers
14% 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.
In Township 5, 88% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
252 jobs are based in Township 5. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 5’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 5, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 252. 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.
Getting to work from Township 5 takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 5 workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 157 commuters (the 3% 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.
Township 5’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 next door employ 19% of Township 5
Darker towns draw more of Township 5’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 5 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 5 | – | — | — | 23 min | $73,750 |
| Township 6 | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Dixon Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Harper | 19% | D | A | 14 min | $54,250 |
| Township 3 | under 2% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Township 4 | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Township 1 | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 6, Dixon Township, Township 3, Township 4 and Township 1: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harper. 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 5: questions
What is the median household income in Township 5?
$73,750 (±$23,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 5?
2.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 5?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Township 5 work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anthony (23%, 8 mi), Harper (19%, 5 mi), Wichita (14%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Township 5 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 5, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 5
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.