Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Newbury Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A− for history; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. On history, just 30 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Bolton Wildlife Area, at 627 acres. Newbury Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newbury Township beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Newbury Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2009 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newbury 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Newbury Township.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Wabaunsee school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabaunsee Junior HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 95 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 81% of U.S. communities. Households in Newbury Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. 57% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by wildfires at 13%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5.9% of Newbury Township workers work from home. In Newbury Township, the average trip to work is 24 minutes, against 20 minutes in Kansas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Topeka (20%), Manhattan (10%) and Alma (10%).
| Newbury Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 8.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Newbury Township’s July high stands at 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Two figures for adults in Newbury Township: 33% sleep under 7 hours, 20% have been diagnosed with depression. This Kansas town does better than the Kansas average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. The share of adults in Newbury Township who feel lonely: 29%, and on top of that 16% of adults report frequent mental distress in the town, where Kansas’ towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 17%.
| Newbury Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Newbury Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Newbury Township, the median age is 36.3 years. People 65 and older are just over one in ten residents (17% statewide). A bachelor’s degree or higher: 34% of adults 25 and older, vs 36% across Kansas.
| Newbury Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.3 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 24% | 22% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 69% are men (KS 51%).
| Newbury Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.3% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.6% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.6% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.2% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.8% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.8% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.7 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bolton Wildlife Area | — | 627 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Newbury Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Newbury Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
Where Newbury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Newbury is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78. It is located approximately two miles northwest of Paxico.
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Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
