Delaware TownshipKS
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. The town has 1,121 residents and lies in Kansas.
Is Delaware Township a good place to live?
Delaware Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. On incomes, just 16 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Only 30 of Kansas’ 362 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Horace and Rosemond Lamborn Farmstead and Alice and Edwin Holman Farmstead. 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.
1,121 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Delaware Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Delaware Township is from typical.
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Arrowhead Stadium and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Delaware Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
22 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
25 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
21 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
19 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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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.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Delaware Township than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
The top destinations are Leavenworth (20%), Lansing (12%) and Kansas City (10%). Jobs in Delaware Township fell by 26 from 2013 to 2023, to 48. The average trip to work in the town is 29 minutes. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line here, below both the Kansas town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Delaware Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Delaware Township has four seasons and hot summers
Delaware Township’s typical July afternoon high stands at 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Delaware Township, with inland flooding at the top
In Delaware Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 39 of 100. Expected losses in Delaware Township break down as 41% from inland flooding and 21% from tornadoes. 4 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1982.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Delaware Township are healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Delaware Township tracks Kansas closely on all 32 CDC measures. 41% of adults have obesity here, above both Kansas’ towns (37%) and U.S. towns (35%). Among adults in the town, 21% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Delaware Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Delaware Township is conserved land
Trails total 9.5 miles in 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 2 acres in Delaware Township. Also worth knowing: its trail density comes in at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leavenworth Landing Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Delaware Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Delaware Township
About 0 of every 100 Delaware Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
99% 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
About Delaware Township
Township in Leavenworth County, Kansas, U.S.
Delaware Township is a township in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,061.
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Questions about Delaware Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Delaware Township, KS a good place to live?
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 C+.