Winterset Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Winterset Township has 1 jobs for 15 working residents. Hardly any stay in Winterset Township for work; outside it, Hays is the main destination (27%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winterset Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Winterset Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 the trip to work from Winterset Township ends
Where Winterset Township clocks in
13% 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.
Winterset Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winterset Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winterset Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Winterset Township
of Winterset Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 31% 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 Winterset 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.
Winterset Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winterset Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterset Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Big Creek Township | under 7% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Freedom Township | under 7% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Big Creek Township, Freedom Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winterset 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 Winterset Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Winterset Township?
45.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Winterset Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hays (27%, 20 mi), Lucas (20%, 33 mi), Russell (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winterset 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 Winterset Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winterset 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.