With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of West Cooper Township works elsewhere
There are 6 jobs in West Cooper Township, and 30 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in West Cooper Township; the top destination outside it is Stafford (20%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in West Cooper Township by day
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in West Cooper Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Commuting out of West Cooper Township: the destinations
Where West Cooper Township clocks in
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in West Cooper Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 West Cooper Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for West Cooper Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Cooper Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 20% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from West Cooper Township
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.
The towns around West Cooper Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Cooper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Cooper Township | – | — | — | 23 min | — |
| St. John Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hayes Township | under 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| East Cooper Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Stafford Township | under 4% | D | A− | 15 min | $43,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. John Township: not graded. Hayes Township and East Cooper Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Cooper 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 West Cooper Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Cooper Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Cooper Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Cooper Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stafford (20%, 6 mi), Pratt (10%, 25 mi), St. John (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Cooper Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Cooper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Cooper 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.