Wingfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
17 jobs are based in Wingfield Township, and 62 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Wingfield Township itself; outside it, Junction City draws the most (29%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Wingfield Township
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Wingfield Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where people from Wingfield Township work
Where Wingfield Township clocks in
29% of workers
15% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Wingfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wingfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 17. 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 Wingfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wingfield Township
of Wingfield Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 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.
Wingfield Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Around Wingfield Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wingfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingfield Township | – | — | — | — | $131,429 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 18 min | $41,667 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township, Jackson Township and Ashland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wingfield 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 Wingfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wingfield Township?
$131,429 (±$110,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wingfield Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wingfield Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Junction City (29%, 11 mi), Manhattan (15%, 12 mi), Wichita (6%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wingfield 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 Wingfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wingfield 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.