Clay TownshipKS
A town of 2,001.
Is Clay Township a good place to live?
The best of Clay Township’s subject grades are a B+ for schools and incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Clay Township’s median age is 55.3 years, above both the Kansas town median (38.1 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On hazard risk, just 13 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. On civic life, just 9 of Kansas’ 362 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Sand Hills State Park, at 88 acres. Clay Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Clay Township for work
Where Clay Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clay Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Clay Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clay Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clay 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 Clay Township.
Older than Kansas overall
People 65 and older are 31% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 10% of residents (23% statewide). 35% of Clay Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, against 29% in Kansas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. 21% of Clay Township residents are under 18.
| Clay Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 24% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 72% are men (KS 42%).
| Clay Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.6% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.7% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Very high risk in Clay Township, with wildfire at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clay Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents in Clay Township work locally than in the typical Kansas or U.S. town
1% of working residents work locally in Clay Township. Jobs based in Clay Township grew to 291 in 2023, 121 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Clay Township is 19 minutes.
| Clay Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults have obesity in Clay Township than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
Only 2 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Clay Township. Clay Township beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. Only 7 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Clay Township.
| Clay Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.7% | 11.3% |
| More smokers | 18% | 14% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 16.6% | 13% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Clay Township
Clay Township has chilly winters and hot summers. Clay Township’s July high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Clay Township has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
5.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Clay Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sand Hills State Park | 0.1 mi | 88 |
| 2. Dillon Nature Center | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clay Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clay Township
About 0 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Clay Township
Township in Reno County, Kansas, U.S.
Clay Township is a township in Reno County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,986.
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Clay Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Clay Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Hutchinson | #145 | D | B | C− | C | C |
| Yoder Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Medora Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B− |
| Valley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reno Township | #104 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Little River Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | B− |
Clay Township, Medora Township and Little River Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clay Township, Medora Township, Reno Township and Little River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Yoder Township and Valley Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clay Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clay Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clay 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 B−.