Emma TownshipKS
A town of 4,017. Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Emma Township a good place to live?
Emma Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $216K, 3.1 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 9th of 150 in Kansas. On the plus side, its schools outperform 91% of the state's. Among 151 Kansas towns, just 6 have a higher midpoint age than Emma Township. The biggest park or preserve is Interstate Park, at 28 acres.
What makes Emma Township stand out
Where Emma Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,661 people come to Emma Township for work
Where Emma Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Emma Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Emma Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Emma Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Emma 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 Emma Township.
Emma Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and draws workers from Newton and beyond.
About one in five working residents works right in Emma Township
3,044 jobs are based in Emma Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
7% of residents live below the poverty line in Emma Township, where Kansas’ towns sit at 9.2% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. About one worker in five stays in Emma Township for work. The town’s mean commuting time comes in at 18 minutes. Employers in Emma Township shed 717 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,044.
| Emma Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For schools, Emma Township earns an A
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $217K. It ranks #6 of the 151 Kansas towns we grade for schools.
Its public schools are run by the Hesston school district. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. 3 public schools serve Emma Township, with 853 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesston ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 306 | A+ |
| Hesston HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 274 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Emma Township is older than the Kansas average
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 45% of adults 25 and older, vs 36% across Kansas. People 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Emma Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.4% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.3% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.9% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.7% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.7% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.5% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.9% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Emma Township are healthier than 69% of U.S. towns
13% of adults report frequent physical distress in Emma Township, close to Kansas’ towns (13%) and below U.S. towns (14%). The town does better than the Kansas average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. The share of adults in Emma Township who feel lonely: 29%.
| Emma Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Emma Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.4% | 11.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Emma Township: four seasons and hot summers
In July, afternoons reach 92°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 0.3% of Emma Township
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 5.5 miles. For Emma Township, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Emma 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. Interstate Park | — | 28 |
| 2. King Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Heritage Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Emma Township, mostly inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 54% of U.S. communities. Just over two fifths of Emma Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 24%. Since 1993, Emma Township has seen 13 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Emma Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Emma Township
About 5 of every 100 Emma Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Emma Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Emma Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,038.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,473 ft
Emma Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Emma Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Township | #9 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Meridian Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garden Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Macon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Emma Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Meridian Township, Garden Township, Highland Township and Macon Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Emma Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Emma Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Emma Township, KS a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Emma Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #9 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B+ for health and A for schools.
Is Emma 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.