Photo: United States Census Bureau, modified by User:FUBAR007 · Public domainFor about half of its working residents, Union Township is a commute to Wichita
Only 7% work in Union Township; the top destination outside it is Wichita (48%, 12 miles). Jobs and income earn Union Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Union Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Union Township, in a few figures
Union Township trades workers with the towns around it
Union Township has about as many jobs (1,249) as working residents (1,182), but they are mostly different people: 1,098 residents leave for work each day while 1,165 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Union Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Union Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Union Township went from 609 in 2013 to 1,249 in 2023, +105%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Union Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #32 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate holds Union Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where the trip to work from Union Township ends
Where Union Township clocks in
48% 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 and out of Union Township on a workday
On a workday 1,098 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 1,165 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Union Township makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
1,249 jobs are based in Union Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 1,249. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Union Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Union Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,063 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Union Township
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.
Getting around Union Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #113 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,181 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
723rd of 4,969: where Union Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 58 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 721 | New Palestine IN | 3,621 | $97K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 4% | A− |
| 722 | Shallowater TX | 2,957 | $89K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 10% | A− |
| 723 | Union Township KS | 2,704 | $103K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A− |
| 724 | Newton Township PA | 2,956 | $108K | 6.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A− |
| 725 | Rice Lake WI | 2,897 | $88K | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Union Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Union Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Maize (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | A− | C | 22 min | $103,036 |
| Park Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 18 min | $70,179 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $72,107 |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $104,324 |
| Maize | 5% | B | A− | 18 min | $72,024 |
| Attica Township | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $94,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Union Township’s workers. 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 Union Township: questions
What is the median household income in Union Township?
$103,036 (±$17,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
4.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.