Madison TownshipKS
A town of 9,403.
Is Madison Township a good place to live?
Madison Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for walkability and a B for schools; its weakest is a D for incomes. 2.9% of residents are 65 or older in Madison Township, where Kansas’ towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 18%. On hazard risk, just 7 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Homes are expensive, about $186K for a typical one and 2.8 times the Manhattan metro’s $65K median household income. Only 32 of Kansas’ 362 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Kansas River K-18 Wildlife Area, at 56 acres. Madison Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
What makes Madison Township stand out
Where Madison Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Madison Township for work
Where Madison Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Madison Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Madison Township is from typical.
Madison Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Madison Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Madison 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 Madison Township.
Public schools in Madison Township beat 63% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Riley County school district. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley County Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 514 | A |
| Riley County High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 232 | B− |
| Morris Hill ElemTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 413 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
In Madison Township, the FEMA risk score runs lower than in the typical Kansas or U.S. town
At 16 of 100, Madison Township’s FEMA risk score is below both Kansas’ towns (50 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Madison Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Madison Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Madison Township is 9 minutes. Since 2013, Madison Township has lost 606 jobs, to 468 in 2023.
| Madison Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 9 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Madison Township
Madison Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Madison Township’s July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Madison Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wildcat Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
| 2. Kansas River K-18 Wildlife Area | — | 56 |
| 3. Milford State Wildlife Area | — | 40 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Madison Township. Close and well known come first.
30 mi MuseumDwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home12 mi Zoo & aquariumSunset Zoo
14 mi MuseumFlint Hills Discovery Center
10 mi MuseumU.S. Cavalry MuseumPhoto credits
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home: Unknown, Public domain · Flint Hills Discovery Center: Kgwo1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Cavalry Museum: US Army, Public domain
Everything we know about Madison Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Madison Township
About 5 of every 100 Madison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Madison Township
Township in Riley County, Kansas, U.S.
Madison Township is a township in Riley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,432.
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Madison Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Madison Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | — | — | C | — | B | — |
| Ogden Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Wildcat Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milford Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B− |
| Sherman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bala Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ogden | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
Ogden Township, Jefferson Township, Milford Township and Ogden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Madison Township, Ogden Township, Jefferson Township, Milford Township and Ogden report no FBI crime data of their own. Madison Township, Wildcat Township, Sherman Township and Bala Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Madison Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Madison Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Madison Township, KS a good place to live?
Madison Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Is Madison Township, KS expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.