Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Herzog Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for history and schools. Herzog Township’s July high is 93°F, above both Kansas’ towns (91°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Its National Register listings include Fort Fletcher Stone Arch Bridge and Brungardt-Dreiling Farmstead. Herzog Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Herzog Township beats most towns.
Where Herzog Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Herzog Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 600 in 1920, 1,129 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 3 maps from 1896 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Herzog 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 Herzog Township.
Most working residents leave Herzog Township for work: only 10% work in town. At 18 minutes, Herzog Township’s average trip to work is below both the Kansas town median (20 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Hays (49%), Big Creek Township (7%) and Victoria (6%).
| Herzog Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 10% | 8.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Victoria school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 153 | A− |
| Victoria Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 110 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Herzog Township has chilly winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 19° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Kansas average. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Kansas.
| Herzog Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Herzog Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.4% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.4% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.4% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Herzog Township beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 29% of adults feel lonely in Herzog Township.
| Herzog Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Herzog Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.2% | 77.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Honey Braun Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Herzog Township
About 3 of every 100 Herzog Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
3 places in Herzog Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Ellis County, Kansas
Victoria is a city in Herzog Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,129.
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6 towns share a border with Herzog Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herzog Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Buckeye Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Freedom Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paradise Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Big Creek Township · Big Creek Township | #21 | A− | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Township 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Herzog Township and Buckeye Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Herzog Township, Buckeye Township and Big Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Freedom Township, Paradise Township and Township 12 aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Big Creek Township and Big Creek Township are one community, graded once. Compare Herzog Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
