Gore TownshipKS
A town of 1,970.
Is Gore Township a good place to live?
Gore Township’s best subject grade is a B for schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 29% of residents are 65 or older in Gore Township, above both Kansas’ towns (17%) and U.S. towns (18%). Among 152 Kansas towns, just 3 have a higher median age than Gore Township. The typical home is worth about $182K, 2.6 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. Gore Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Gore Township has shrunk 8% since 2010
2,105 counted in 2010 and 1,837 in 2020; an estimated 1,970 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Gore Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Gore Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Gore Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gore 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 Gore Township.
Older than Kansas overall
Gore Township has grown 5.7% since 2020, to 1,970 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Kansas.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Gore Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Gore Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.1% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.2% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.6% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.9% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.2% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.1% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.3% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and hot summers in Gore Township
Gore Township has chilly winters and hot summers. Gore Township’s July high is 92°F, above both the Kansas town median (91°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Gore Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
Most working residents leave Gore Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Gore Township fell to 711 in 2023, 1,100 fewer than in 2013. Gore Township’s average trip to work is 26 minutes.
| Gore Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Gore Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Gore Township are healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Gore Township beats the Kansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 39% of Gore Township adults have obesity.
| Gore Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 77% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Gore Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gore Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
1.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Gore Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Main Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Sedgwick County Zoo and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gore Township. Close and well known come first.
23 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
15 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
20 mi MuseumExploration Place26 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
21 mi MuseumWichita Art Museum
20 mi MuseumGreat Plains Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Plains Transportation Museum: Atsf3768 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Gore Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gore Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Gore Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Gore Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Gore Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Township | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Palestine Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belle Plaine Township | #70 | B | A | — | B− | B |
| Maple Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ninnescah Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockford Township | #72 | B | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Mulvane | #49 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Oxford Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
Gore Township and Oxford Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Gore Township, Belle Plaine Township, Rockford Township and Oxford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Palestine Township, Maple Township and Ninnescah Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gore Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Gore Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gore 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.