Ridgeway TownshipKS
A town of 2,369.
Is Ridgeway Township a good place to live?
Ridgeway Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for schools. Among 150 Kansas towns, just 4 have a lower median rent than Ridgeway Township. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Ridgeway Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
93% of working residents leave Ridgeway Township for work
Where Ridgeway Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ridgeway Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Ridgeway Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Ridgeway Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway Township.
Ridgeway Township’s public schools trail 76% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Santa Fe Trail school district. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Santa Fe Trail High, with 308 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale Attendance CenterLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 370 | B− |
| Santa Fe Trail HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 308 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Ridgeway Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Ridgeway Township for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Ridgeway Township grew to 398 in 2023, 88 more than in 2013. At 24 minutes, Ridgeway Township’s average trip to work is above the Kansas town median (20 minutes) and near the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Ridgeway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.1% | 15% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.7% | 8.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Ridgeway Township
Ridgeway Township has chilly winters and warm summers. At 89°F, Ridgeway Township’s July high is where Kansas’ towns sit at 91°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Ridgeway Township are less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Ridgeway Township beats the Kansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 30% of Ridgeway Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Ridgeway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ridgeway Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 11.2% |
| More adults with arthritis | 30.7% | 25.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 1% of Ridgeway Township
The trail density in Ridgeway Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Ridgeway Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Osage State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area | 0.1 mi | 272 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Ridgeway Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Combat Air Museum and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ridgeway Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumCombat Air Museum
15 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year17 mi Zoo & aquariumTopeka Zoo
25 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of Art
25 mi MuseumUniversity of Kansas Natural History Museum18 mi MuseumKansas Historical SocietyPhoto credits
Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University of Kansas Natural History Museum: InaMaka, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Ridgeway Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ridgeway Township
About 4 of every 100 Ridgeway Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Ridgeway Township
Township in Osage County, Kansas, U.S.
Ridgeway Township is a township in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,376.
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Ridgeway Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Ridgeway Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway Township | — | — | A | — | C− | B− |
| Fairfax Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elk Township | — | — | A | — | C− | B |
| Scranton Township | — | — | A | — | C− | C+ |
| Wakarusa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Williamsport Township | #81 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
Ridgeway Township, Elk Township and Scranton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ridgeway Township, Elk Township, Scranton Township and Williamsport Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairfax Township and Wakarusa aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ridgeway Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Ridgeway Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ridgeway 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.