Montezuma TownshipKS
A town of 1,543, settled in 1886.
Is Montezuma Township a good place to live?
Montezuma Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a C for incomes. Montezuma Township’s average trip to work is 15 minutes, where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Montezuma Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Montezuma Township stand out
Where Montezuma Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 713 people come to Montezuma Township for work
Where Montezuma Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Montezuma Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Montezuma Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Montezuma Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montezuma 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 Montezuma Township.
With 1.8 jobs for every working resident, Montezuma Township draws in 713 commuters
About one in 4 of Montezuma Township’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Montezuma Township has added 135 jobs, to 827 in 2023. The top destinations are Montezuma (18%), Cimarron (10%) and Dodge City (8%).
| Montezuma Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Montezuma Township beat 88% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Montezuma school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 83 | A− |
| South Gray HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 59 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and hot summers in Montezuma Township
Montezuma Township has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Montezuma Township’s July high is 93°F, against 91°F in Kansas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Montezuma Township trails 63% of U.S. towns
Montezuma Township beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Montezuma Township.
| Montezuma Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Montezuma Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.7% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.1% | 3.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Montezuma Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by drought
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.8% of Montezuma Township
14 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Montezuma Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Montezuma Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Montezuma Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Montezuma Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Montezuma Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Montezuma Township
City in Gray County, Kansas
Montezuma is a city in Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 975.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,772 ft
- ZIP code
- 67867
- Area code
- 620
Montezuma Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Montezuma Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Copeland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Hess Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mertilla Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Crooked Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ingalls Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montezuma Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Montezuma Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Copeland Township, East Hess Township, Mertilla Township, Crooked Creek Township and Ingalls Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Montezuma Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Montezuma Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Montezuma 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 A.