Salt Creek TownshipKS
451 residents make their home in this town in Kansas.
Is Salt Creek Township a good place to live?
Salt Creek Township’s age of the median resident is 23.1 years, below both Kansas’ towns (38.1 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Salt Creek Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
451 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Salt Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salt Creek 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 Salt Creek Township.
More children than Kansas overall
Children under 18 are 38% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 22% of residents (36% statewide). Salt Creek Township: 14% of residents are 65 or older. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Kansas.
| Salt Creek Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 131 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.2 points). Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Salt Creek Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27.5% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.7% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.4% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 2.8% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 1% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.5% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 22% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.4% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
The biggest natural risk in Salt Creek Township is inland flooding, at a high overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Salt Creek Township sits above 79% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Salt Creek Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
In Salt Creek Township, the average commute is 26 minutes. Since 2013, Salt Creek Township has lost 30 jobs, to 20 in 2023. The top destinations are Hutchinson (37%), Wichita (11%) and South Hutchinson (5%). Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles.
| Salt Creek Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Salt Creek Township
In July, afternoons reach 93°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Kansas and the rest of the country, more of Salt Creek Township’s adults have obesity
The share of adults in Salt Creek Township who have diabetes: 14%. Only 8 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Salt Creek Township. In Salt Creek Township, 28% of adults feel lonely, and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Salt Creek Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Salt Creek Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 6.7% |
| More smokers | 18.1% | 14% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Salt Creek Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Salt Creek Township
About 5 of every 100 Salt Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
100% of working residents leave Salt Creek Township for work
Where Salt Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Salt Creek Township
Township in Reno County, Kansas, U.S.
Salt Creek Township is a township in Reno County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 455.
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Questions about Salt Creek Township
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Is Salt Creek Township, KS a good place to live?
Salt Creek Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.