Sherman TownshipKS
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas. A town in Kansas, home to 2,022 people.
Is Sherman Township a good place to live?
The best of Sherman Township’s subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for incomes. 34% of residents are under 18 in Sherman Township, where Kansas’ towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only one of the 152 Kansas towns we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Sherman Township. Sherman Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sherman Township stand out
Where Sherman Township beats most towns.
Sherman Township has grown 19% since 2010
1,716 counted in 2010 and 1,991 in 2020; an estimated 2,022 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Sherman Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Sherman Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sherman Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sherman 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 Sherman Township.
Sherman Township’s schools rank ahead of 92% of Kansas districts
The public schools here belong to the Renwick school district. The largest public high school is Andale High, with 381 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andale Elem-MiddleLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 447 | A |
| Andale HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 381 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
About half of Sherman Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
Employers in Sherman Township added 168 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 597. Most working residents leave Sherman Township for work: only 9% work in town. The town’s middle household income comes in at $104,000. Half of commuters travel less than 17 miles.
| Sherman Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $104,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Sherman Township are healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Sherman Township who have diabetes: 10%. Of 32 CDC measures, Sherman Township beats the Kansas average on 9 and trails it on 1. In Sherman Township, 18% of adults binge drink, and 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Sherman Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 77% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sherman Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 13% |
| More adults with depression | 23.5% | 20.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Kansas overall
The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Sherman Township at 2,022 residents, up 2.3% since 2020. In Sherman Township, the age of the median resident is 32 years, and among 152 Kansas towns, just 10 have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Sherman Township. For adults 25 and older here, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 37%.
| Sherman Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 10% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 65% are men (KS 49%).
| Sherman Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.5% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.5% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Sherman Township’s year
Sherman Township’s peak summer temperature stands at 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Sherman Township, with inland flooding at the top
Sherman Township has had 11 paid flood insurance claims since 1985. On expected storm and flood damage, Sherman Township sits below three fifths of U.S. communities. 41% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 20%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Sherman Township is conserved land
0.6 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Sherman Township: one, of 3 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Andale City Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sherman Township. Close and well known come first.
25 mi MuseumKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center150K visitors a year9 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
14 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
17 mi MuseumExploration Place
23 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
17 mi MuseumWichita Art MuseumPhoto credits
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: Patrick Pelletier (Ppelleti (talk)), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Sherman Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sherman Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Sherman Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
91% of working residents leave Sherman Township for work
Where Sherman Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sherman Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Sherman Township is a township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 United States census, it had a population of 1,362.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,496 ft
Sherman Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Sherman Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Union Township | #12 | A | B− | — | A | A− |
| Sumner Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garden Plain Township | — | — | C− | — | A | A− |
| Greeley Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
Sherman Township, Garden Plain Township and Greeley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sherman Township, Union Township, Garden Plain Township and Greeley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Sumner Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sherman Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sherman Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sherman Township, KS a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Sherman 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 C+.