St. MarksKS
A town in Kansas, home to 156 people.
Is St. Marks a good place to live?
46% of residents are under 18 in St. Marks, where Kansas’ towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 7 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of households owning their home than St. Marks. St. Marks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
156 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to St. Marks: who provides what
St. Marks is unincorporated, so Sedgwick County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 St. Marks.
About three in four of St. Marks’ working residents commute to Wichita
The top destinations are Wichita (73%), Riverside Township (5%) and Olathe (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers: that is St. Marks’ year
For St. Marks, the peak summer temperature is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy St. Marks is
Among adults in St. Marks, 8.2% worry about having enough food. This Kansas town does better than the Kansas average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. A fifth of adults in St. Marks get no exercise outside work; 29% feel lonely. Only 9 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than St. Marks.
| St. Marks | Typical Kansas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | St. Marks | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in St. Marks, with inland flooding at the top
On expected storm and flood damage, St. Marks sits below three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 41% come from inland flooding and 20% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tanganyika Wildlife Park and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Marks. Close and well known come first.
30 mi MuseumKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center150K visitors a year
8 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
12 mi MuseumExploration Place
17 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
12 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 St. Marks
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of St. Marks
About 0 of every 100 St. Marks residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
100% of working residents leave St. Marks for work
Where St. Marks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Questions about St. Marks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is St. Marks, KS a good place to live?
St. Marks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.