Sherlock TownshipKS
A town of 2,907, settled in 1878.
Is Sherlock Township a good place to live?
Sherlock Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 130th of 150 graded towns in Kansas, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $85K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $237K, 3.2 years of the Garden City area’s $73K median household income. 5.7% of residents are 65 or older in Sherlock Township, below both the Kansas town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 3 of Kansas’ 362 towns score lower on civic life. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns.
What makes Sherlock Township stand out
Where Sherlock Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 3,650 people come to Sherlock Township for work
Where Sherlock Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sherlock Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Sherlock Township is from typical.
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Moving to Sherlock Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sherlock 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 Sherlock Township.
0% of Sherlock Township is conserved land
135 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Sherlock Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clutter Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Sonnie Baird Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Holcomb Recreation Athletic Fields | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For schools, Sherlock Township earns a C−
Its public schools are run by the Holcomb school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holcomb MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 227 | C− |
| Holcomb HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 265 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Sherlock Township’s working residents commute to Garden City
3,900 jobs are based in Sherlock Township, 3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Sherlock Township for work: only 19% work in town. Since 2013, Sherlock Township has added 269 jobs, to 3,900 in 2023. The top destinations are Garden City (37%), Garden City Township (9%) and Holcomb (6%).
| Sherlock Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sherlock Township stands out in Kansas and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is hotter
The July high in Sherlock Township is 93°F. Sherlock Township has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Sherlock Township trails 61% of U.S. towns
Sherlock Township beats the Kansas average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 73% of adults had a checkup this year in Sherlock Township.
| Sherlock Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 77% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Sherlock Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 8.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 21.8% | 25.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 16.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sherlock Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by drought
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Sherlock Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sherlock Township
About 2 of every 100 Sherlock Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Sherlock Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Sherlock Township is a township in Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,958.
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- Area
- 162 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,953 ft
Sherlock Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Sherlock Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Township | #130 | C− | B− | — | C− | C+ |
| Garden City Township | #148 | D | B− | — | C− | C |
| Ivanhoe Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Terry Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southside Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deerfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Hibbard Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sherlock Township and Garden City Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ivanhoe Township, Terry Township, Southside Township, Deerfield Township and East Hibbard Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sherlock Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sherlock Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sherlock Township, KS a good place to live?
Sherlock Township grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #130 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C+ for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sherlock Township, KS expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.