Center TownshipKS
A town of 1,325. 2.1 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Is Center Township a good place to live?
Center Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and history and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a D for schools. 42% of working residents work locally in Center Township, against 15% in Kansas’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. On history, just 18 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Center Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Center Township stand out
Where Center Township beats most towns.
1,325 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Center Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Center Township is from typical.
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Moving to Center Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Center 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 Center Township.
Public schools in Center Township fall behind 89% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Ness City school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ness City ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 155 | B+ |
| Ness City HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 122 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
In Center Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Center Township has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Center Township’s July high is 93°F, where Kansas’ towns sit at 91°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Center Township’s working residents commute to Ness City
Center Township’s average trip to work is 14 minutes. Since 2013, Center Township has lost 175 jobs, to 575 in 2023. The top destinations are Ness City (41%), Ransom (11%) and Bazine (5%).
| Center Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Center Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Kansas’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Kansas average. The median age in Center Township is 43.1 years. Center Township has lost 2.3% of its people since 2020, down to 1,325 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Center Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.1 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 24% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.9 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Center Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.8% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
On CDC estimates, Center Township is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Center Township beats the Kansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Center Township. Only 3 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Center Township.
| Center Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Center Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.8% | 77.6% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 86.8% | 84.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.6% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Center Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Center Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Center Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Center Township
Township in Ness County, Kansas, U.S.
Center Township is a township in Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,340.
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Questions about Center Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Center Township, KS a good place to live?
2.1 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Is Center Township, KS expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.