Riverside TownshipKS
A town of 13,603.
Is Riverside Township a good place to live?
Riverside Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $155K, 2.2 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 109th of 150 in Kansas. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On health, just 37 of Kansas’ 371 towns do worse. Riverside Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Riverside Township.
What makes Riverside Township stand out
Where Riverside Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 12,021 people come to Riverside Township for work
Where Riverside Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Riverside Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Riverside Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kansas Aviation Museum and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Riverside Township. Close and well known come first.
3 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
11 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
8 mi MuseumExploration Place16 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
8 mi MuseumWichita Art Museum
7 mi MuseumGreat Plains Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Plains Transportation Museum: Atsf3768 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Riverside Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Riverside 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 Riverside Township.
Riverside Township draws workers from Wichita and beyond, but it scores below Wichita and its other neighbors on health.
More than half of Riverside Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
12,507 jobs are based in Riverside Township, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 16,898 in 2013 to 12,507.
Most working residents leave Riverside Township for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Riverside Township has lost 4,391 jobs, to 12,507 in 2023. 5.7% of workers work from home in Riverside Township, below both Kansas’ towns (8.8%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| Riverside Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Riverside Township’s public schools trail 64% of Kansas districts
Its public schools are run by the Haysville school district. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 755 | D |
| Campus High HaysvilleLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,803 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Conserved land covers 2% of Riverside Township
5.2 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Riggs Park, at 22 acres.
| Riverside Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riggs Park | 0.3 mi | 22 |
| 2. Stone Creek Park | 0.3 mi | 20 |
| 3. Plagens-Carpenter Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Riverside Township is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
All 6 graded neighbors score healthier than its C, from Wichita (C+) to McConnell AFB (A−).
Riverside Township beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 72% of adults had a checkup this year in Riverside Township, against 77% in Kansas’ towns and 79% across U.S. towns. 36% of Riverside Township adults feel lonely.
| Riverside Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 77% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Riverside Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.5% | 13% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Riverside Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Since 1980, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Riverside Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Riverside Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Riverside Township has chilly winters and hot summers. The July high in Riverside Township is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Riverside Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Riverside Township
About 4 of every 100 Riverside Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Riverside Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Riverside Township is a township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 United States census, it had a population of 15,694.
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- Area
- 19 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,266 ft
Riverside Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Riverside Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | #109 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Wichita | #149 | D | B | D− | D | C+ |
| McConnell AFB | — | — | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Gypsum Township | #92 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B |
| Salem Township | #83 | B− | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Derby | #85 | B− | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Rockford Township | #72 | B | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Waco Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
McConnell AFB has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Riverside Township, McConnell AFB, Gypsum Township, Salem Township, Derby and Rockford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Waco Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Riverside Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Riverside Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Riverside Township, KS a good place to live?
Riverside Township grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #109 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Riverside 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 B+.