Wea TownshipKS
A town of 2,089, settled in 1867. Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Wea Township a good place to live?
Wea Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and schools and an A− for health; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Wea Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the Kansas town median (20 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 5 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Wea Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wea Township stand out
Where Wea Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Wea Township for work
Where Wea Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wea Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Wea Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wea Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wea 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 Wea Township.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rosary - Wea Catholic School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 192 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Residents of Wea Township are healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
Wea Township beats the Kansas average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults feel lonely in Wea Township, against 31% in Kansas’ towns and 33% across U.S. towns. 32% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wea Township.
| Wea Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wea Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median age in Wea Township is higher than in most of Kansas or the rest of the country
The median age in Wea Township is 50.5 years. Wea Township has grown 3.8% since 2020, to 2,089 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 18% of Wea Township residents are under 18.
| Wea Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.5 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Wea Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.4% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 21.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.9% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.1% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 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
Fewer of Wea Township’s working residents work locally than in the typical Kansas or U.S. town
Only 4 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Wea Township. Wea Township’s median household income is $133,000. Only 6 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Wea Township.
| Wea Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wea Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Wea Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Only 1 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a lower July high than Wea Township.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wea Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Wea Township since 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Arrowhead Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wea Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
35 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
36 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
32 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
30 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Wea Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wea Township
About 4 of every 100 Wea Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Wea Township
Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
Wea is an unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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- Elevation
- 1,086 ft
Wea Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Wea Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wea Township | — | — | D | — | A+ | A− |
| Louisburg | #33 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Ten Mile Township | — | — | D | — | A+ | A− |
| Middle Creek Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
Wea Township, Ten Mile Township and Middle Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wea Township, Ten Mile Township and Middle Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wea Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wea Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wea Township, KS a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Is Wea 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.