Conway TownshipKS
A town of 1,144. Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Conway Township a good place to live?
The best of Conway Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. Conway Township’s median age is 30.5 years, against 38.1 years in Kansas’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a higher July high than Conway Township. On civic life, just 5 of Kansas’ 362 towns do worse. Conway Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Conway Township stand out
Where Conway Township beats most towns.
Conway Township has shrunk 11% since 2010
1,250 counted in 2010 and 1,081 in 2020; an estimated 1,144 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Conway Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Conway Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Conway Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Conway 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 Conway Township.
Conway Township’s public schools outperform 75% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Conway Springs school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Springs Kyle TruebloodLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 146 | A− |
| Conway Springs High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 144 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Conway Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
Most working residents leave Conway Township for work: only 8% work in town. At 27 minutes, Conway Township’s average trip to work is above both Kansas’ towns (20 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Wichita (32%), Conway Springs (8%) and Wellington (6%).
| Conway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.1% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Conway Township
Conway Township has chilly winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 23° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conway Township is healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Conway Township beats the Kansas average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Conway Township adults feel lonely.
| Conway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Conway Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Conway Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer middle-aged adults than Kansas overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (36% statewide); children under 18 are 30% of residents (24% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Conway Township. Conway Township has grown 3.1% since 2020, to 1,144 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Conway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 17% | 18% |
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 ±6.1 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Conway Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.5% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 34.4% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Conway Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Conway Township; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Conway Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
1,144 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about Conway Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Conway Township, KS a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Conway 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 B+.