Baker TownshipKS
A town of 3,483.
Is Baker Township a good place to live?
Baker Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 126th of 150 in Kansas, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $99K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 64% of the country. A typical home there costs about $221K, 4.2 years of the Pittsburg area’s $53K median household income. Only 19 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher median age than Baker Township.
97% of working residents leave Baker Township for work
Where Baker Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Baker Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Baker Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Baker Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Baker 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 Baker Township.
Baker Township sends most of its workers to Pittsburg and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
About half of Baker Township’s working residents commute to Pittsburg
Baker Township has 426 jobs for its 1,450 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 828 in 2013 to 426.
Most working residents leave Baker Township for work: only 3% work in town. At 17 minutes, Baker Township’s average trip to work is where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Baker Township fell to 426 in 2023, 402 fewer than in 2013.
| Baker Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Baker Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 69 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Baker Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers in Baker Township
Baker Township has chilly winters and warm summers. At 90°F, Baker Township’s July high is against 91°F in Kansas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Baker Township stands out in Kansas and nationally: a larger share of its adults feel lonely
Against the 8,681 U.S. towns with household incomes like Baker Township’s, it is less healthy than 87%, so it trails even them.
37% of adults feel lonely in Baker Township. Only 7 of the 150 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Baker Township. 21% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Baker Township.
| Baker Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Baker Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 10.6% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Baker Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mined Land Wildlife Area - Pittsburg Units | 0.4 mi | 1,191 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Baker Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Baker Township
About 6 of every 100 Baker Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
About Baker Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Baker Township is a township in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,467.
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- Area
- 57 sq mi
- Elevation
- 919 ft
Baker Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Baker Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Township | #126 | C− | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Pittsburg | #143 | D | C+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Sheridan Township | — | — | A− | — | C− | C |
| Pleasant View Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frontenac | #63 | B | B | B− | A− | B+ |
| Washington Township | #112 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Opolis | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sheridan Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Baker Township, Sheridan Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pleasant View Township and Opolis aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Baker Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Baker Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Baker Township, KS a good place to live?
Baker Township grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #126 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Baker Township, KS expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.