Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,555, settled in 1873.
The best of Haven Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Haven Township’s July high is 93°F, where Kansas’ towns sit at 91°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Only 8 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a higher median age than Haven Township. On the outdoors, just 24 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. Haven Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Haven Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 528 in 1910, a low of 528 in 1910, 1,170 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Haven 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Haven Township.
Its public schools are run by the Haven Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haven ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 348 | B |
| Haven HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 223 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Haven Township has chilly winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 21° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Haven Township for work: only 11% work in town. Jobs based in Haven Township grew to 630 in 2023, 96 more than in 2013. At $60,000, Haven Township’s median household income is below both Kansas’ towns ($73,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Haven Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Haven Township beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 42% of Haven Township adults have obesity.
| Haven Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Haven Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 14% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.7% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Haven Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center150K visitors a year
24 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo19 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
27 mi MuseumExploration Place
33 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
27 mi MuseumWichita Art MuseumKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: Patrick Pelletier (Ppelleti (talk)), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Haven Township
About 6 of every 100 Haven Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
City in Reno County, Kansas
Haven is a city in Reno County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,170.
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6 towns share a border with Haven Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Valley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ninnescah Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Castleton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yoder Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greeley Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Sumner Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Haven Township and Greeley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Haven Township and Greeley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Valley Township, Ninnescah Township, Castleton Township, Yoder Township and Sumner Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Haven Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
