Salem TownshipKS
A town of 9,673.
Is Salem Township a good place to live?
Salem Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $166K, 2.4 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 83rd of 150 in Kansas. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On walkability, just 33 of Kansas’ 372 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Randal L. Dorner Park, at 64 acres. On history, just 16 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse.
98% of working residents leave Salem Township for work
Where Salem Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Salem Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Salem Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sedgwick County Zoo and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salem Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
9 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
13 mi MuseumExploration Place17 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
13 mi MuseumWichita Art Museum
12 mi MuseumGreat Plains Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, 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 Salem Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salem 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 Salem Township.
Salem Township sends most of its workers to Wichita and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Kansas (mostly inland flooding).
Salem Township stands out in Kansas and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Kansas towns, with expected losses of about $265 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1981, one flood insurance claim has been paid in Salem Township. FEMA puts 47% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More than half of Salem Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
Salem Township has 702 jobs for its 4,296 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 466 in 2013 to 702.
Only 7 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Salem Township. This Kansas town had 702 jobs in 2023, up 236 from 2013. Its average trip to work is 24 minutes, where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Wichita (53%), Haysville (7%) and Riverside Township (7%).
| Salem Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salem Township: four seasons and hot summers
Summer afternoons peak near 93° in July, and January nights bottom out around 23°; snowfall runs to about 11 inches a winter. Expect chilly winters and hot summers in Salem Township.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Salem Township is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
In Salem Township, 75% of adults had a checkup this year, below both Kansas’ towns (77%) and U.S. towns (79%). Among adults in the town, 38% have obesity.
| Salem Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Salem Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with depression | 23.5% | 20.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 0.1% of Salem Township
0.1 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Randal L. Dorner Park | — | 64 |
| 2. Haysville Bike Trail | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Salem Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Salem Township
About 4 of every 100 Salem Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Salem Township
Township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, U.S.
Salem Township is a township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,368. It is located south of Wichita.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,240 ft
Salem Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Salem Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Township | #83 | B− | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Rockford Township | #72 | B | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Riverside Township | #109 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Wichita | #149 | D | B | D− | D | C+ |
| Ohio Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B |
Ohio Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Salem Township, Rockford Township, Riverside Township and Ohio Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Salem Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Salem Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salem Township, KS a good place to live?
Salem Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #83 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Salem 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+.