Mertilla TownshipKS
With 161 residents, this town was settled in 1873.
Is Mertilla Township a good place to live?
Mertilla Township’s average commute is 11 minutes, where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only one of the 152 Kansas towns we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Mertilla Township. Mertilla Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Mertilla Township stand out
Where Mertilla Township beats most towns.
161 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Mertilla Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mertilla 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 Mertilla Township.
With 1.9 jobs for every working resident, Mertilla Township draws in 135 commuters
Most working residents leave Mertilla Township for work: only 4% work in town. Employers in Mertilla Township added 57 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 138. The town’s typical household income stands at $104,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 23 miles.
| Mertilla Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $104,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mertilla Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by drought
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mertilla Township after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2015. Compared with 73% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. FEMA puts 52% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to drought, and 16% to wildfires.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Mertilla Township is
Mertilla Township: three quarters of adults had a checkup this year. Among adults locally, 31% get no exercise outside work.
| Mertilla Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mertilla Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 12.8% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 30.6% | 25.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Mertilla Township is conserved land
39 miles of trail. The density of trails for Mertilla Township comes to 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mertilla Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mertilla Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Mertilla Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Every workday, about 135 people come to Mertilla Township for work
Where Mertilla Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Mertilla Township
County in Kansas, United States
Meade County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Meade. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,055. The county was created in 1873 and named in honor of George Meade, a Union general during the Civil War.
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- Established
- 1873
- Area
- 980 sq mi
Questions about Mertilla Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mertilla Township, KS a good place to live?
Mertilla Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.