Summers TownshipKS
A town of 164.
Is Summers Township a good place to live?
Only one of the 152 Kansas towns we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Summers Township. Summers Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
164 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Summers Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Summers 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 Summers Township.
62% of residents are 65 or older
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 41%, against 36% across Kansas. Summers Township has lost 4.7% of its people since 2020, down to 164 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
| Summers Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 20% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.2% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 58.2% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.7% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 36.4% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 40.9% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 0% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Summers Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The median commute is under 17 miles. The top destinations are Colby (26%), Oakley (9%) and Morgan Township (9%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Summers Township, mostly drought
37% of Summers Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from drought, followed by hail at 29%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in three quarters of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Summers Township brings four seasons and hot summers
The midsummer high for Summers Township comes to 91°F, against 91°F in Kansas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Summers Township is
The share of adults in Summers Township who feel lonely: 30%. The town tracks Kansas closely on all 32 CDC measures. In Summers Township, 76% of adults had a checkup this year, and 22% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Summers Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 77% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Summers Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Summers Township
About 0 of every 100 Summers Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
100% of working residents leave Summers Township for work
Where Summers Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Summers Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Summers Township, KS a good place to live?
Summers Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.