Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainWelda Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Welda Township; the top destination outside it is Garnett (17%, 10 miles). Welda Township has 51 jobs, and 108 of its residents work somewhere. 36% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Welda Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Welda Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where people from Welda Township work
Where Welda Township clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Welda Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Welda Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 51. 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 Welda Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 59 minutes in Welda Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Welda Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 36% 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 it is to work from Welda Township
About 36% 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.
Around Welda Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Welda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welda Township | – | — | — | 59 min | $60,909 |
| Westphalia Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Washington Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Lone Elm Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ozark Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Westphalia Township, Washington Township, Lone Elm Township and Ozark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Welda 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 Welda Township: questions
What is the median household income in Welda Township?
$60,909 (±$34,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Welda Township?
4.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Welda Township?
59 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Welda Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garnett (17%, 10 mi), Iola (7%, 17 mi), Ottawa (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Welda Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Welda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Welda 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.