Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church · Photo: Keri Ann Zimmerman · CC BY-SA 3.0For about half of its working residents, Wheatland Township is a commute to Dodge City
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Wheatland Township; the top destination outside it is Dodge City (46%, 22 miles). Employers in Wheatland Township report 7 jobs, against 61 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Wheatland Township by day
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Wheatland Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Wheatland Township to work: where people go
Where Wheatland Township clocks in
46% 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: 29% of jobs based in Wheatland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatland Township, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 7. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheatland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Wheatland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatland Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Wheatland Township commutes less than 23 miles
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Wheatland Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheatland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Township | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Spearville Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $72,754 |
| Sterling Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Trenton Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bucklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| South Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sterling Township, Trenton Township, Bucklin Township and South Brown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheatland 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 2024, 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 Wheatland Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wheatland Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatland Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatland Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Wheatland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheatland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatland Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.