Prairie View TownshipKS
A town of 164, settled in 1879.
Is Prairie View Township a good place to live?
Prairie View Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
164 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Prairie View Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Prairie View 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 Prairie View Township.
Fewer of Prairie View Township’s working residents work locally than in the typical Kansas or U.S. town
Prairie View Township’s average trip to work stands at 17 minutes, where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among residents in the town, 6.1% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Logan (15%), Phillipsburg (14%) and Norton (7%).
| Prairie View Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Kansas overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (36% statewide). Prairie View Township is shrinking: down 5.2% since 2020, to 164 residents (2025 estimate). A bachelor’s degree or higher: 33% of adults 25 and older, vs 36% across Kansas.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 42% and 75% women
The Census survey reached too few of Prairie View Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±16.4 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Prairie View Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 21.2% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.4% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 3.9% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.1% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 25.7% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.6% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 23.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.7% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Prairie View Township: four seasons and hot summers
Expect July afternoons of 91° and January nights of 17°, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Prairie View Township is hail, at a high overall level
The FEMA risk score for Prairie View Township comes to 65 of 100. Expected losses in Prairie View Township break down as 30% from hail and 24% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of adults binge drink in Prairie View Township than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
Among 151 Kansas towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Prairie View Township. The share of adults in Prairie View Township who get no exercise outside work is 31%, above both Kansas’ towns (26%) and U.S. towns (25%); what’s more, for adults locally, the share who smoke cigarettes is 18%. This Kansas town beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| Prairie View Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | Prairie View Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 77.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Prairie View Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Prairie View Township; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Prairie View Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
99% of working residents leave Prairie View Township for work
Where Prairie View Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Prairie View Township
City in Phillips County, Kansas
Prairie View is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 106.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,192 ft
- ZIP code
- 67664
Questions about Prairie View Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Prairie View Township, KS a good place to live?
Prairie View Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.