Afton TownshipKS
A town of 1,640, settled in 1874.
Is Afton Township a good place to live?
Afton Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and incomes; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 3 of Kansas’ 372 towns score lower on walkability. The typical home is worth about $389K, 5.5 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. Only 1 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Afton Township. Only 11 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Lake Afton Park, at 762 acres. Afton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Afton Township for work
Where Afton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Afton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Afton Township is from typical.
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Moving to Afton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Afton Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Afton Township.
Afton Township ranks healthier than 75% of the country’s towns
Afton Township sits where Kansas’ towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 79% on this measure. Afton Township beats the Kansas average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 21% of adults get no exercise outside work in Afton Township.
| Afton Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Afton Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Afton Township stands out in Kansas and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
1.1% of working residents work locally in Afton Township, below both Kansas’ towns (15%) and U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Afton Township has added 75 jobs, to 100 in 2023. The median household income in Afton Township is $133,000.
| Afton Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Afton Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Afton Township has chilly winters and hot summers. Afton Township’s July high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Afton Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Afton Park | 0.1 mi | 762 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Afton Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi MuseumKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center150K visitors a year7 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
15 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
17 mi MuseumExploration Place
21 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
17 mi MuseumWichita Art MuseumPhoto credits
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: Patrick Pelletier (Ppelleti (talk)), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Afton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Afton Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Afton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
About Afton Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Afton Township is a township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,290.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,375 ft
Afton Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Afton Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Township | — | — | C− | — | A | A− |
| Illinois Township | — | — | B− | — | A | A− |
| Garden Plain Township | — | — | C− | — | A | A− |
| Viola Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morton Township | #1 | A+ | B | — | A+ | B |
Afton Township, Illinois Township and Garden Plain Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Afton Township, Illinois Township, Garden Plain Township and Morton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Viola Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Afton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Afton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Afton Township, KS expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.