Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0Viola Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Viola Township has 46 jobs; 207 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Viola Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (34%, 21 miles). The average commute takes 24 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
What the numbers say about work in Viola Township
Viola Township and Wichita trade workers both ways
Wichita is the top workplace for Viola Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Viola Township come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Viola Township is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Viola Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Viola Township has about 380 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Viola Township work
Where Viola Township clocks in
34% 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.
How many people are in Viola Township by day
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Viola Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Jobs in Viola Township: what the 46 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Viola Township, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 46. 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 Viola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Viola Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Viola Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 commuters (the 11% 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.
The commute from Viola Township, by distance
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.
Work in the towns next to Viola Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Viola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viola Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $88,077 |
| Ninnescah Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $85,903 |
| Afton Township | under 2% | A | D− | 30 min | $132,656 |
| Conway Township | under 2% | B− | B | 27 min | $73,771 |
| Erie Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Erie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Viola 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 Viola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Viola Township?
$88,077 (±$74,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Viola Township?
0.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Viola Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Viola Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (34%, 21 mi), Cheney (16%, 11 mi), Waco Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Viola Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Viola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Viola 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.