Maple Hill TownshipKS
A town settled in 1862, now home to 1,172 people.
Is Maple Hill Township a good place to live?
The best of Maple Hill Township’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. 33% of residents are under 18 in Maple Hill Township, above both the Kansas town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On hazard risk, just 5 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Maple Hill Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,172 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Maple Hill Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Maple Hill Township is from typical.
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Moving to Maple Hill Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maple Hill 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 Maple Hill Township.
Maple Hill Township stands out in Kansas and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
48% of Maple Hill Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by wildfires at 26%. Federal aid has come to Maple Hill Township households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2015. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Maple Hill Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Topeka (24%), Manhattan (12%) and Alma (6%). Commuting out is the norm in Maple Hill Township: 2% of working residents work locally. The typical journey to work for Maple Hill Township comes to 31 minutes. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Maple Hill Township has added 27 jobs, to 173 in 2023.
| Maple Hill Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Maple Hill Township ranks healthier than seven in ten of the country’s towns
Among adults in Maple Hill Township, 29% feel lonely. This Kansas town beats the Kansas average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 32% of adults in Maple Hill Township sleep under 7 hours; 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Maple Hill Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Maple Hill Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Kansas overall
Maple Hill Township: 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. In Maple Hill Township, the midpoint age is 37.9 years.
| Maple Hill Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.9 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
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 ±1.7 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Maple Hill Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.2% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.4% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.6% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 2.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.8% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Maple Hill Township has four seasons and hot summers
Maple Hill Township’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Topeka Zoo and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maple Hill Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumCombat Air Museum14 mi MuseumKansas Historical Society
14 mi MuseumKansas Museum of History
30 mi MuseumFlint Hills Discovery CenterPhoto credits
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Hills Discovery Center: Kgwo1972, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Maple Hill Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Maple Hill Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Maple Hill Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
98% of working residents leave Maple Hill Township for work
Where Maple Hill Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Maple Hill Township
City in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Maple Hill is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 631.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 974 ft
- ZIP code
- 66507
- Area code
- 785
Questions about Maple Hill Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maple Hill 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 B+.