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Laid out in 1866, this town now has 4,018 residents.
Neither a standout nor a worry on most counts. Where it does best is cost of living: a typical home costs about $225K, 3.4 years of the Manhattan metro’s $65K median household income. St. Marys Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 60th of 150 in Kansas. The biggest park or preserve is Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area, at 1,105 acres. 34% of working residents work locally here, above both the Kansas town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its midpoint age is 25.5 years, against 38.2 years in Kansas’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap · Census LEHD, 2023 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where St. Marys Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far St. Marys Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 884 in 1880, 2,759 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Marys 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.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Marys Township.
St. Marys Township has added a third more jobs in ten years and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas.
Adults 18 to 34 are just over a third of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 27% of residents (36% statewide). Just over one in ten residents are 65 or older in St. Marys Township. The town is growing: up 3.5% since 2020, to 4,018 residents (2025 estimate). Among adults 25 and older, 26% have a four-year degree or more, against 36% across Kansas.
| St. Marys Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25.5 years | 38.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 30% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| St. Marys Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 21.4% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.1% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 5.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.1% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.7% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
Public schools: the Kaw Valley school district. Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve St. Marys Township, with 526 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 280 | B+ |
| St. Marys Junior Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 246 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
July afternoons average 89.7°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 77% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 18.3°.
The town’s July high stands at 90°F. About 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| St. Marys Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 18°F | 21°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 1,056 in 2013 to 1,467.
The typical journey to work in St. Marys Township is 16 minutes. This Kansas town had 1,467 jobs in 2023, up 411 from 2013. Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles. 6.9% of St. Marys Township workers work from home.
| St. Marys Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 34% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6.9% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In 4 parks and preserves, walkers have 4.5 miles of trail. For St. Marys Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 4, covering 1,140 acres.
| St. Marys Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area | — | 1,105 |
| 2. Riverside Park | — | 33 |
| 3. Flats Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On expected storm and flood damage, St. Marys Township sits below 62% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in St. Marys Township break down as 36% from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of adults in St. Marys Township who smoke cigarettes: 15%. Two figures for adults locally: 28% get no exercise outside work, 18% report frequent mental distress.
| St. Marys Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | St. Marys Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 81.2% | 84.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of St. Marys Township; the nearest are
About 9 of every 100 St. Marys Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties
St. Marys or Saint Marys is a city in Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties in Kansas of the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,759.
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5 towns share a border with St. Marys Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Marys Township | #60 | B | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Kaw Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emmett Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belvue Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rossville Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | A− |
| Maple Hill Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
Rossville Township and Maple Hill Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. St. Marys Township, Rossville Township and Maple Hill Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Kaw Township, Emmett Township and Belvue Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Marys Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. St. Marys Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #60 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
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+.
