Photo: Jenn Talbert · CC BY 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wilson Township works elsewhere
Employers in Wilson Township report 149 jobs, and 317 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Wilson Township itself; outside it, Ellsworth draws the most (42%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Wilson Township, in brief
The places Wilson Township commutes to
Where Wilson Township clocks in
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.
The daily flow of workers through Wilson Township
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Wilson Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Wilson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilson Township, 2014 → 2024: 127 → 149. 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 Wilson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wilson Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilson Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wilson Township
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.
The towns around Wilson Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $60,139 |
| Noble Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Plymouth Township | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Columbia Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Noble Township, Plymouth Township and Columbia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilson 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 Wilson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wilson Township?
$60,139 (±$11,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilson Township?
15.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilson Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilson Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (42%, 12 mi), Salina (9%, 43 mi), Wichita (6%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wilson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilson 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.