Prospect TownshipKS
A town of 2,548.
Is Prospect Township a good place to live?
Prospect Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $195K, 2.8 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C− overall, 132nd of 150 graded towns in Kansas. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 85% of Kansas towns on state tests and graduation, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 2.9% of residents are under 18 in Prospect Township, below both Kansas’ towns (24%) and U.S. towns (22%). El Dorado State Park, at 2,637 acres with 9.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 30 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on history.
98% of working residents leave Prospect Township for work
Where Prospect Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Prospect Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Prospect Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Prospect Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Prospect 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 Prospect Township.
Prospect Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has commutes longer than most of Kansas.
Prospect Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute for its 681 working residents takes 30.9 minutes, against 19.7 across Kansas.
Most working residents leave Prospect Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Prospect Township is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Prospect Township grew to 208 in 2023, 144 more than in 2013.
| Prospect Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Prospect Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Among 151 Kansas towns, just 6 have a higher FEMA risk score than Prospect Township.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Prospect Township is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,703 U.S. towns with household incomes like Prospect Township’s, it is healthier than 54%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Prospect Township beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 41% of adults have obesity in Prospect Township. Among 150 Kansas towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Prospect Township.
| Prospect Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Prospect Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6.7% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 14% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 14.3% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Prospect Township
Prospect Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Prospect Township’s July high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Prospect Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. El Dorado State Park | 9.2 mi | 2,637 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Prospect Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Prospect Township
About 2 of every 100 Prospect Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
Prospect Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Prospect Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Township | #132 | C− | A− | — | C− | C |
| El Dorado · El Dorado Township | #87 | B− | A− | C+ | B− | C |
| Chelsea Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosalia Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Little Walnut Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Prospect Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Chelsea Township, Rosalia Township and Little Walnut Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). El Dorado Township and El Dorado are one community, graded once. Compare Prospect Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Prospect Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Prospect Township, KS a good place to live?
Prospect Township grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #132 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Prospect 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−.