Stranger TownshipKS
A town of 5,467.
What should you know before moving to Stranger Township?
Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C+, 89th among Kansas's 150 graded towns. Its schools outperform 85% of the state's. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $332K for a typical one and 4 times the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. Stonehaven Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 8 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Stranger Township.
Stranger Township has grown 25% since 2010
4,363 counted in 2010 and 5,081 in 2020; an estimated 5,467 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 7.7% since 2020, after 16.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Stranger Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Stranger Township is from typical.
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Moving to Stranger Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stranger 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 Stranger Township.
Stranger Township sends most of its workers to Kansas City and beyond and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas.
Most working residents commute out of Stranger Township
Stranger Township has 437 jobs for its 2,679 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31 minutes, against 19.7 across Kansas.
Most working residents leave Stranger Township for work: only 2% work in town. Stranger Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, against 20 minutes in Kansas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Stranger Township grew to 437 in 2023, 206 more than in 2013.
| Stranger Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 10% | 8.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Stranger Township is healthier than 71% of U.S. towns
Stranger Township beats the Kansas average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 29% of Stranger Township adults feel lonely, below both Kansas’ towns (31%) and U.S. towns (33%). 16% of Stranger Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Stranger Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Stranger Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Stranger Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
July afternoons average 89°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 89% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 19.8°.
Stranger Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Stranger Township is 89°F. About 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Stranger Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 20°F | 21°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Stranger Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Arrowhead Stadium and 42 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stranger Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
29 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
30 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park
29 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
25 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC StadiumPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Stranger Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Stranger Township
About 4 of every 100 Stranger Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
98% of working residents leave Stranger Township for work
Where Stranger Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Stranger Township
Township in Leavenworth County, Kansas, U.S.
Stranger Township is a township in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,081.
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Stranger Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Stranger Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranger Township | #89 | C+ | D | — | A | B+ |
| Tonganoxie Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sherman Township | #10 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Fairmount Township | #47 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
| High Prairie Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
High Prairie Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Stranger Township, Sherman Township, Fairmount Township and High Prairie Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Tonganoxie Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stranger Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Stranger Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stranger Township, KS a good place to live?
Stranger Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #89 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Stranger Township, KS expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.