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A solid town with one catch. Its best grade is for health: residents are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. At A− overall, Auburn Township ranks 37th of 150 in Kansas. On that grade it does better than 75% of U.S. towns. Incomes are another plus — the median household earns $89K. The drawback is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $238K for a typical one, 3.4 times the Topeka metro’s $70K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 64% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
Where Auburn Township beats most towns.
Where Auburn Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Auburn Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 100 in 1880, 1,273 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2008 and 2 maps from 1952 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Auburn 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Auburn Township.
Auburn Township sends most of its workers to Topeka and beyond and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas; it also has little public open land.
Among adults 18 to 64 in Auburn Township, 6.6% have no health insurance, below both Kansas’ towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). 30% of adults feel lonely in the town. The town beats the Kansas average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Auburn Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Auburn Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below. 336 students attend Auburn Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 336 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Auburn Township has 326 jobs for its 1,381 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Among residents in Auburn Township, 6.5% live below the poverty line, where Kansas’ towns sit at 9.2% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Auburn Township added 99 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 326. The top destinations are Topeka (57%), Mission Township (5%) and Lawrence (3%).
| Auburn Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kansas has 36% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 35%. Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (36% statewide). Also worth knowing: in Auburn Township, 28% of residents are under 18.
| Auburn Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.2 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.4 points). Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 61% are men (KS 49%).
| Auburn Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.8% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.6% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.1% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.5% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
July afternoons average 89.4°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 82% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 19.6°.
About 12 inches of snow falls in a winter. Its typical July afternoon high comes in at 89°F.
| Auburn Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 20°F | 21°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Auburn Township break down as 53% from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2009.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 30 of its 35,624 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Auburn Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Walkers can cover 0.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Auburn Township has one park or preserve, 2 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brownville Heritage Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Auburn Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumCombat Air Museum
12 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year10 mi MuseumKansas Historical Society
10 mi MuseumKansas Museum of History
32 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of ArtCombat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Auburn Township
About 2 of every 100 Auburn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
2 places in Auburn Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Shawnee County, Kansas
Auburn is a city in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,273.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Auburn Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Township | #37 | A− | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Burlingame Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Williamsport Township | #81 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Dover Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Mission Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scranton Township | — | — | A | — | C− | C+ |
Burlingame Township, Dover Township and Scranton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Auburn Township, Burlingame Township, Williamsport Township, Dover Township and Scranton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mission Creek Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Auburn Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Auburn Township grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #37 of 150 in Kansas. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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