Wildhorse Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Wildhorse Township; 84 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Wildhorse Township; the top destination outside it is Hill City (29%, 8 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wildhorse Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Wildhorse 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Wildhorse Township goes to work
Where Wildhorse Township clocks in
29% of workers
6% 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.
100% of the jobs in Wildhorse Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wildhorse Township, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 1. 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 Wildhorse Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Wildhorse Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wildhorse Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 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.
The distance from Wildhorse Township to work
About 35% 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.
Wildhorse Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wildhorse Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildhorse Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $36,406 |
| Nicodemus Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Hill City Township | under 3% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Nicodemus | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Millbrook Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Township 7 | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Morlan Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nicodemus Township, Nicodemus, Millbrook Township, Township 7 and Morlan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hill City Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wildhorse 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 Wildhorse Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wildhorse Township?
$36,406 (±$3,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wildhorse Township?
23.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wildhorse Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wildhorse Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hill City (29%, 8 mi), Hays (7%, 37 mi), Norton (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wildhorse Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wildhorse Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wildhorse 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.