Delaware TownshipKS
A town of 1,785. 23% more nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Is Delaware Township a good place to live?
The best of Delaware Township’s subject grades are an A for civic life and an A− for history; the weakest is a D for schools. 16% of the land in Delaware Township is conserved, where Kansas’ towns sit at 2.1% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Perry Lake Recreation Area, at 8,723 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 28 of Kansas’ 373 towns score higher on history. Delaware Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Delaware Township stand out
Where Delaware Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Falls Elem | PK–8 | 262 |
| Valley Falls High | 9–12 | 122 |
88% of working residents leave Delaware Township for work
Where Delaware Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Delaware Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Delaware Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Delaware Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delaware 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 Delaware Township.
Public schools in Delaware Township fall behind 92% of Kansas districts
Its two schools are below. The 2 public schools in Delaware Township teach 384 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Falls ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 262 | C |
| Valley Falls HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 122 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Delaware Township’s workers commute out
Only 12% of working residents stay in Delaware Township for work; the rest commute out. Its average commute is 29 minutes, above both Kansas’ towns (20 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). In Delaware Township, 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Employers in Delaware Township added 62 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 374.
| Delaware Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 8.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 15.7% of Delaware Township
2.0 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Perry Lake Recreation Area | 1.3 mi | 8,723 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Delaware Township brings four seasons and hot summers
The July high for Delaware Township comes to 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Delaware Township ranks healthier than 58% of the country’s towns
Among adults in Delaware Township, 21% have been diagnosed with depression. CDC measures, 32 in all: Delaware Township beats Kansas on 3 and trails on 2. In Delaware Township, just over one in ten adults worry about having enough food, and 34% sleep under 7 hours.
| Delaware Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Delaware Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Delaware Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Delaware Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 55 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 48% come from inland flooding and 16% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Delaware Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Delaware Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Delaware Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Delaware Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Delaware Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,802.
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- Area
- 89 sq mi
- Elevation
- 945 ft
Delaware Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Delaware Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | — | — | B | — | D | B |
| Norton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ozawkie Township | — | — | B | — | C− | B |
| Rock Creek Township | #40 | B+ | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Kapioma Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B | — | B | B |
Delaware Township, Ozawkie Township and Jefferson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Delaware Township, Ozawkie Township, Rock Creek Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Norton Township and Kapioma Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Delaware Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Delaware Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Delaware Township, KS a good place to live?
23% more nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Is Delaware 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.