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Jobs & commute in Walton Township

Most of Walton Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Walton Township has 44 jobs, and 100 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Walton Township; the top destination outside it is Wichita (23%, 44 miles).

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

Day and night

Walton Township by day and by night

On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.

95live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
39work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night320
Workday260
320live here− 95head out to work+ 39come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Walton Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.44jobs 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

The towns that employ Walton Township’s residents

Geuda SpringsUdall: 4 residents work here (4%)HavenBelle PlaineParkerfieldOxford: 8 residents work here (8%)Wellington: 7 residents work here (7%)Arkansas CityWinfield: 4 residents work here (4%)Derby: 3 residents work here (3%)Wichita: 23 residents work here (23%)BlackwellWalton TownshipWaco Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Riverside Township: 8 residents work here (8%)Guelph TownshipOxford Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Valverde TownshipBolton TownshipWichitaOxfordRiverside TownshipWellingtonUdallWinfieldWalton Township
1
Wichita43.9 mi away
23%23
2
Oxford14.6 mi away
8%8
3
Riverside Township36.4 mi away
8%8
4
Wellington18.6 mi away
7%7
5
Udall22.9 mi away
4%4
6
Winfield17.4 mi away
4%4
7
Walton Township (in town)right here
4%4
8
Oxford Township13.9 mi away
4%4
9
Derby34.4 mi away
3%3
10
Waco Township39.2 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%32
The top trips

Where Walton 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

Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Walton Township

Jobs based in Walton TownshipJobs Walton Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms57%33%
Trade, transport & utilities18%14%
Services: health, schools, offices25%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%19%
Over $3,333 a month64%62%

Who does it

29 or younger16%15%
30 to 5461%54%
55 and older23%31%
+120%

Jobs based in Walton Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 44. 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 Walton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Walton Township27 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Walton Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
9%Carpool

Share of the 136 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

Where in the region Walton Township works

10 mi25 mi50 miWichita: 23% · 43.9 miOxford: 8% · 14.6 miRiverside Township: 8% · 36.4 miWellington: 7% · 18.6 miUdall: 4% · 22.9 miWinfield: 4% · 17.4 miOxford Township: 4% · 13.9 miDerby: 3% · 34.4 miWaco Township: 3% · 39.2 miWichita 23%Oxford 8%Riverside Township 8%Wellington 7%Udall 4%Walton Township
Walton TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi7 residents
30%10–24 mi29 residents
43%25–50 mi42 residents
20%Over 50 mi20 residents

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.

Next door

Next door to Walton Township

Guelph Township: few work hereBolton Township: few work hereValverde Township: few work hereGuelph TownshipBolton TownshipValverde TownshipWalton Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Bolton Township23 min
Walton Township27 min
Guelph Township31 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWalton Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Walton Township–——27 min$77,938
Guelph Townshipunder 3%——31 min—
Bolton Townshipunder 3%C+C23 min$56,654
Valverde Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Guelph Township and Valverde Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Walton 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 Walton Township: questions

What is the median household income in Walton Township?

$77,938 (±$14,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Walton Township?

5.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Walton Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Walton Township work?

5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (23%, 44 mi), Oxford (8%, 15 mi), Riverside Township (8%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Walton Township

Walton 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.