Spring TownshipKS
A town of 1,472.
Is Spring Township a good place to live?
The best of Spring Township’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On the outdoors, just 16 of Kansas’ 373 towns do worse. Spring Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns. Spring Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,472 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Spring Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Spring Township is from typical.
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Moving to Spring Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring 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 Spring Township.
Four seasons and hot summers in Spring Township
Its midsummer high is 91°F, where Kansas’ towns sit at 91°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Spring Township’s working residents commute to Wichita
Employers in Spring Township added 748 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 792. Only 2% of working residents stay in Spring Township for work; the rest commute out. No town among the 152 in Kansas we compare has a higher mean commuting time than Spring Township. Among residents locally, 15% live below the poverty line.
| Spring Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Spring Township is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Compared with 64% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Spring Township is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 45% come from inland flooding and 20% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Spring Township after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Spring Township are less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
In Spring Township, 37% of adults have high blood pressure. Among adults here, 17% smoke cigarettes, above both the Kansas town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%).
| Spring Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Spring Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| More smokers | 16.5% | 14% |
| More adults with arthritis | 29.1% | 25.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Spring Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Township
About 4 of every 100 Spring Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Spring Township
Township in Kansas, United States
Spring Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,566.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,296 ft
Questions about Spring Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring 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+.