Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
WaKeeney Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A for civic life; its weakest is a C− for schools. WaKeeney Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where WaKeeney Township beats most towns.
Wilcox School-District 29 & District 14 (Additional Documentation)Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far WaKeeney Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 418 in 1880, a peak of 2,808 in 1960, 1,799 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1893 and 3 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in WaKeeney 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 WaKeeney Township.
Its two schools are below. Public schools: the Trego County school district. Also worth knowing: 2 public schools serve WaKeeney Township, with 398 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trego Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 285 | B− |
| Trego Community HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 113 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
WaKeeney Township has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 2,112 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Its midpoint age is 47.6 years, against 38.1 years in Kansas’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. 21% of residents are under 18 here. Here, 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 36% in Kansas as a whole.
| WaKeeney Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 29% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 47.6 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 24% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| WaKeeney Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.4% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.2% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.1% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
WaKeeney Township’s July high is 93°F, above both Kansas’ towns (91°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of working residents in WaKeeney Township who work locally: 44%. Since 2013, WaKeeney Township has lost 199 jobs, to 910 in 2023. For WaKeeney Township, the mean commuting time is 14 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 20 miles.
| WaKeeney Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 44% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 62% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in WaKeeney Township, 24% come from inland flooding and 20% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
29% of WaKeeney Township adults feel lonely. Of 32 CDC measures, WaKeeney Township beats the Kansas average on 7 and trails it on 5. In WaKeeney Township, 15% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 39% have high blood pressure.
| WaKeeney Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | WaKeeney Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 parks and preserves cover 221 acres locally. WaKeeney Township’s density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| WaKeeney Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Bluff State Park Page Creek Area | 0.9 mi | 208 |
| 2. Eisenhower Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of WaKeeney Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 WaKeeney Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Trego County, Kansas, United States
WaKeeney is a city in and the county seat of Trego County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,799. The city was established in 1879 and named as a portmanteau of the surnames of its founders, Albert Warren and James Keeney.
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5 towns share a border with WaKeeney Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaKeeney Township | — | — | A+ | — | C− | B |
| Ogallah Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Collyer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Happy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waring Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nevada Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
WaKeeney Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. WaKeeney Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Ogallah Township, Collyer Township, Happy Township, Waring Township and Nevada Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare WaKeeney Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
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 A+.