Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,058, founded in 1871.
The best of Oxford Township’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and schools and an A for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. 24% of the land in Oxford Township is conserved, above both Kansas’ towns (2.1%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 6 of Kansas’ 373 towns score higher on the outdoors. Redel Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Oxford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Oxford Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Oxford Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 13% |
Where Oxford Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Oxford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 403 in 1880, 1,048 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1956 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oxford Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
27 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
21 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
28 mi Theme parkWorlds of FunArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oxford 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 Oxford Township.
The share of adults in Oxford Township who worry about having enough food is 7.1%, below both the Kansas town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). Among 151 Kansas towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Oxford Township. What’s more, in Oxford Township, 28% of adults feel lonely.
| Oxford Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Oxford Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 13% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.6% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among residents in Oxford Township, 1.9% live below the poverty line. Only one of the 152 Kansas towns we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Oxford Township. Employers in Oxford Township added 52 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 328. The top destinations are Overland Park (36%), Kansas City (16%) and Olathe (11%).
| Oxford Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $163,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest place to walk is Heritage Park, 629 acres with 1.9 miles of trail. Oxford Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.7 miles per square mile. Across 1 park or preserve: 2.0 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Heritage Park | 1.9 mi | 629 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 20° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Oxford Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 36 of 100. Expected losses in Oxford Township break down as 43% from inland flooding and 21% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Oxford Township
About 2 of every 100 Oxford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
4 towns share a border with Oxford Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Township | — | — | D | — | A+ | A |
| Overland Park | #34 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
| Olathe | #18 | A− | C | B− | A− | A |
| Aubry Township | #2 | A+ | B− | — | A+ | A |
Oxford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oxford Township and Aubry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oxford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.
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