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 median 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.
About one in 5 of Emma Township’s working residents works in town. Emma Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, against 20 minutes in Kansas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Emma Township has lost 717 jobs, to 3,044 in 2023.
| 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
Its A for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $217K. Its A ranks #6 of the 151 Kansas towns we grade for schools.
Its public schools are run by the Hesston school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| 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
Older than Kansas overall
People 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). 45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Emma Township, above both Kansas’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%).
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
Emma Township beats the Kansas average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 29% of adults feel lonely in Emma Township.
| 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
Four seasons and hot summers in Emma Township
Emma Township has chilly winters and hot summers. Emma Township’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| 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
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Emma Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Emma Township.
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.