Kentucky TownshipKS
A town of 1,546.
Is Kentucky Township a good place to live?
The best of Kentucky Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 14 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Among 152 Kansas towns, just 8 have a higher median age than Kentucky Township. 26% of the land in Kentucky Township is conserved, where Kansas’ towns sit at 2.1% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Perry Lake Recreation Area, at 6,883 acres. Kentucky Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Kentucky Township has shrunk 11% since 2010
1,746 counted in 2010 and 1,557 in 2020; an estimated 1,546 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Kentucky Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Kentucky Township is from typical.
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Sporting Park and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kentucky Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park
33 mi LandmarkU.S. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery29 mi TheatreSandstone Amphitheater
30 mi Stadium & arenaLegends Field
14 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery: Gorsedwa at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Legends Field: Unknown, Public domain · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Kentucky Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kentucky 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 Kentucky Township.
Kentucky Township has set aside nearly a quarter of its land for conservation
4.1 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Kentucky Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Kansas’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Perry Lake Recreation Area | 0.7 mi | 6,883 |
| 2. Slough Creek Public Use Area | 0.6 mi | 507 |
| 3. Perry State Park | — | 728 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kentucky Township’s schools rank behind 53% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Perry Public Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry-Lecompton MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 234 | C− |
| Perry Lecompton HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 268 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Kentucky Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Kentucky Township for work: only 7% work in town. Kentucky Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes. Jobs based in Kentucky Township grew to 527 in 2023, 110 more than in 2013.
| Kentucky Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.8% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kentucky Township has four seasons and hot summers
Kentucky Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Kentucky Township is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kentucky Township is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Kentucky Township beats the Kansas average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 33% of Kentucky Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Kentucky Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kentucky Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Kansas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (36% statewide). 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Kansas.
| Kentucky Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 24% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Kentucky Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.7% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.9% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Kentucky Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Kentucky Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kentucky Township
About 3 of every 100 Kentucky Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
93% of working residents leave Kentucky Township for work
Where Kentucky Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kentucky Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Kentucky Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,557.
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- Area
- 42 sq mi
- Elevation
- 850 ft
Kentucky Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Kentucky Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B+ |
| Lecompton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | A− |
| Kaw Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B+ |
| Rural Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairview Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B |
| Oskaloosa Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B |
Kentucky Township, Lecompton Township, Kaw Township, Fairview Township and Oskaloosa Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kentucky Township, Lecompton Township, Kaw Township, Fairview Township and Oskaloosa Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rural Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kentucky Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kentucky Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kentucky Township, KS expensive?
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−.