Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 27, settled in 1884.
Highpoint Township’s age of the median resident is 67.1 years, where Kansas’ towns sit at 38.1 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only one of the 152 Kansas towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Highpoint Township. Highpoint Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pawnee River Tributary Bridge and Ness County Bridge FS-450. Highpoint Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 3 maps from 1892 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Highpoint 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 Highpoint Township.
Only 8 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a higher July high than Highpoint Township. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 19° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Highpoint Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 61 of 100. FEMA puts just over a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For adults in Highpoint Township, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 20%. Against the Kansas average, Highpoint Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 6. In Highpoint Township, 29% of adults feel lonely, below both Kansas’ towns (31%) and U.S. towns (33%). Among 151 Kansas towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Highpoint Township.
| Highpoint Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Highpoint Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.7% | 77.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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None within 15 miles of Highpoint Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Highpoint Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Township in Ness County, Kansas, U.S.
Highpoint Township is a township in Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52.
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Highpoint Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.