Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 132, settled in 1872.
Long Island School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Long Island 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.
Census counts: 291 in 1910, 137 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1917 and 3 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Long Island, 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 Long Island.
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 30%, against 36% across Kansas. Long Island is shrinking: down 5.7% since 2020, to 132 residents (2025 estimate).
| Long Island | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 40% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 29% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Long Island | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 25.7% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.6% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 2.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.9% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.9% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.2% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 24.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.5% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Long Island’s income of the median household is $62,000. Only 2% of working residents stay in Long Island for work; the rest commute out. In Long Island, 2.2% of residents live below the poverty line, below both the Kansas town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). For half of commuters, work is under 20 miles away.
| Long Island | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Long Island’s July high is 91°F, against 91°F in Kansas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Paid flood insurance claims in Long Island since 1982: one. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2006. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 30% come from hail and 24% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Long Island: 18% of adults smoke cigarettes. 43% of adults have obesity here.
| Long Island | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 77% | 79% |
| What stands out | Long Island | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16% | 11.3% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 14% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Long Island; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Long Island residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Where Long Island’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Phillips County, Kansas
Long Island is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 137.
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Long Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
2 notable people were born here, including Chet A. Wynne and Elmer Wynne.