Richland TownshipKS
A town of 2,161.
Is Richland Township a good place to live?
Richland Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for incomes; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. On incomes, just 12 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Only 21 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on cost of living. 16% of the land in Richland Township is conserved, above both Kansas’ towns (2.1%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Hillsdale Recreation Area, at 6,995 acres with 3.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Richland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Richland Township stand out
Where Richland Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Richland Township for work
Where Richland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Richland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Richland Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Richland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richland 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 Richland Township.
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Richland Township than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
0.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Richland Township, below both the Kansas town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Richland Township’s median household income is $119,000. Since 2013, Richland Township has added 129 jobs, to 235 in 2023.
| Richland Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Richland Township are healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Richland Township beats the Kansas average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 29% of adults feel lonely in Richland Township.
| Richland Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Richland Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Kansas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (36% statewide). The median age in Richland Township is 48.1 years. Richland Township has grown 6.9% since 2020, to 2,161 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Richland Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.1 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 63% are men (KS 48%).
| Richland Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.2% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 15.7% of Richland Township
8.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hillsdale State Park | 5 mi | 394 |
| 2. Hillsdale Recreation Area | 3.5 mi | 6,995 |
| 3. Hillsdale State Park- Hillsdale Point Recreation Area | — | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and hot summers in Richland Township
Richland Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 21° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Richland Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richland Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Richland Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Richland Township
About 6 of every 100 Richland Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
About Richland Township
Township in Miami County, Kansas, U.S.
Richland Township is a township in Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,025.
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Richland Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Richland Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Marysville Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| McCamish Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | #68 | B | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Stanton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gardner Township | #44 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Peoria Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wellsville | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
Richland Township, Marysville Township and Wellsville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Richland Township, Marysville Township, Franklin Township, Gardner Township and Wellsville report no FBI crime data of their own. McCamish Township, Stanton Township and Peoria Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Richland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Richland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richland Township, KS expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.