Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Weskan Township
Working residents average 17 minutes each way; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26. About one in seven work in Weskan Township itself; outside it, Sharon Springs draws the most (37%, 10 miles). Weskan Township has 111 jobs, and 126 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Weskan Township
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 94 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 (0.88 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.
Where Weskan Township goes to work
Where Weskan Township clocks in
37% of workers
9% 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.
Weskan Township makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weskan Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 111. 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 Weskan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Weskan Township, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weskan Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 15% 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 Weskan Township’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
How Weskan Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sharon Springs Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weskan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weskan Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $73,125 |
| Sharon Springs Township | 9% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| McPherson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Greeley County | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 14 min | $81,399 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sharon Springs Township and McPherson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weskan 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 Weskan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weskan Township?
$73,125 (±$18,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weskan Township?
11.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weskan Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weskan Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sharon Springs (37%, 10 mi), Weskan (13%, 2 mi), Sharon Springs Township (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weskan 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 Weskan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weskan 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.