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Jobs & commute in Vienna Township

Vienna Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Hardly any stay in Vienna Township for work; outside it, Manhattan is the main destination (22%, 28 miles). Employers in Vienna Township report 13 jobs, against 45 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Vienna Township

On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

45live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night96
Workday64
96live here− 45head out to work+ 13come in to work= 64on a workday

About 64 people are in Vienna Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.29jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Vienna Township work

Silver Lake: 1 residents work here (2%)Westmoreland: 2 residents work here (4%)Onaga: 3 residents work here (7%)St. GeorgeSt. Marys: 3 residents work here (7%)Wamego: 4 residents work here (9%)Holton: 1 residents work here (2%)Manhattan: 10 residents work here (22%)LawrenceWichita: 2 residents work here (4%)Topeka: 6 residents work here (13%)Lincoln TownshipRock Creek TownshipSherman TownshipBerwick Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Mill Creek TownshipFairfax TownshipVienna TownshipBelvue TownshipSt. Marys TownshipCenter TownshipSherman TownshipSt. Clere TownshipDover TownshipManhattanTopekaWamegoOnagaSt. MarysWestmorelandVienna Township
1
Manhattan28.4 mi away
22%10
2
Topeka37.3 mi away
13%6
3
Wamego17 mi away
9%4
4
Onaga4.3 mi away
7%3
5
St. Marys17.1 mi away
7%3
6
Westmoreland13 mi away
4%2
7
Wichita135.8 mi away
4%2
8
Berwick Township40.4 mi away
4%2
9
Silver Lake28.3 mi away
2%1
10
Holton23.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%11
The top trips

Where Vienna Township 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

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Vienna Township

Jobs based in Vienna TownshipJobs Vienna Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%24%
Over $3,333 a month38%62%

Who does it

29 or younger38%29%
30 to 5446%51%
55 and older15%20%
−19%

Jobs based in Vienna Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 13. 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 Vienna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Vienna Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Vienna Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 11 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

How far Vienna Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miManhattan: 22% · 28.4 miTopeka: 13% · 37.3 miWamego: 9% · 17 miOnaga: 7% · 4.3 miSt. Marys: 7% · 17.1 miWestmoreland: 4% · 13 miWichita: 4% · 135.8 miBerwick Township: 4% · 40.4 miSilver Lake: 2% · 28.3 miHolton: 2% · 23.7 miManhattan 22%Topeka 13%Wamego 9%Onaga 7%St. Marys 7%Vienna Township
Vienna TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi4 residents
31%10–24 mi14 residents
44%25–50 mi20 residents
16%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 16% 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.

Next door

How Vienna Township compares with the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownVienna Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Vienna Township–———$68,333
Lincoln Townshipunder 3%————
Mill Creek Townshipunder 3%DB−19 min$62,083
Sherman Townshipunder 3%————
St. Clere Townshipunder 3%————
Center Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township, Sherman Township, St. Clere Township and Center Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Vienna Township’s workers. 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Vienna Township: questions

What is the median household income in Vienna Township?

$68,333 (±$43,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Vienna Township?

7.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Vienna Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manhattan (22%, 28 mi), Topeka (13%, 37 mi), Wamego (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Vienna Township 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 Vienna Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Vienna Township

Vienna Township home →

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.