Big BowKS
86 people live in this town, settled in 1925.
Is Big Bow a good place to live?
Among 152 Kansas towns, just one has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Big Bow. Big Bow has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Big Bow.
Big Bow has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from drought
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in three quarters of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Big Bow break down as 74% from drought and 8% from hail.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical July afternoon in Big Bow is hotter than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
Summers in Big Bow are hot, and winters chilly, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Big Bow is
Among adults in Big Bow, 16% smoke cigarettes. The town does better than the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 14. A quarter of adults in Big Bow say their health is fair or poor; 21% worry about having enough food. Only 6 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Big Bow.
| Big Bow | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Big Bow | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 8.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 19.4% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Big Bow is conserved land
2.0 miles of trail. The trail network density for Big Bow comes to 0.4 miles per square mile, near both the Kansas town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Big Bow
Moving to Big Bow: who provides what
Big Bow is unincorporated, so Stanton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Big Bow; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Big Bow residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Big Bow
Unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas
Big Bow is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32.
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- Area
- 5.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,166 ft
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