Menoken TownshipKS
A town of 1,656, settled in 1877.
Is Menoken Township a good place to live?
The best of Menoken Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools and health; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 14 of Kansas’ 372 towns do worse. Homes are expensive, about $305K for a typical one and 4.4 times the Topeka metro’s $70K median household income. Only 23 of Kansas’ 373 towns score higher on incomes. On history, just 27 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. Menoken Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Menoken Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Menoken Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Menoken Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Menoken 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 Menoken Township.
Residents of Menoken Township are healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
On this, Menoken Township is where Kansas’ towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 17%. Menoken Township beats the Kansas average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 29% of Menoken Township adults feel lonely.
| Menoken Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Menoken Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Kansas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 33% of residents (24% statewide). 36% of Menoken Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, against 29% in Kansas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
| Menoken Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.7 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Menoken Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.5% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.2% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 30% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
In Menoken Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Menoken Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Menoken Township is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Menoken Township stands out in Kansas and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
1% of residents live below the poverty line in Menoken Township. Among 152 Kansas towns, just 8 have a higher median household income than Menoken Township. 2.8% of working residents work locally in Menoken Township.
| Menoken Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Menoken Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 2.3% of Menoken Township
4.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Menoken Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Menoken Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shawnee State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area | — | 589 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Topeka Zoo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Menoken Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year6 mi MuseumKansas Historical Society
6 mi MuseumKansas Museum of History
14 mi MuseumCombat Air Museum
31 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Menoken Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Menoken Township
About 2 of every 100 Menoken Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Menoken Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Menoken Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menoken Township | — | — | D | — | A− | A− |
| Silver Lake Township | — | — | A− | — | A+ | A− |
| Soldier Township | #52 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mission Township | #53 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Topeka | #136 | C− | B | D− | C | C |
Menoken Township and Silver Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Menoken Township, Silver Lake Township, Soldier Township and Mission Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Grove Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Menoken Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Menoken Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Menoken Township, KS expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.