Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Willow Springs Township’s best subject grades are an A for health and an A− for history; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Only 2 of Kansas’ 373 towns score lower on cost of living. Willow Springs Township has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Stoebener Barn and Chicken Creek Bridge. Willow Springs Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Willow Springs Township beats most towns.
Where Willow Springs Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Willow Springs Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 maps from 1957 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Willow Springs 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 Willow Springs Township.
Willow Springs Township beats the Kansas average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of Willow Springs Township adults get no exercise outside work, where Kansas’ towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 25%. 19% of adults binge drink in Willow Springs Township.
| Willow Springs Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Willow Springs Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 13% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.1% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.9% of Willow Springs Township working residents work locally, below both the Kansas town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). 13% of Willow Springs Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Lawrence (35%), Topeka (7%) and Olathe (6%).
| Willow Springs Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Willow Springs Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Willow Springs Township is 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chicken Creek Arch Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Willow Springs Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park31 mi TheatreSandstone Amphitheater
32 mi Stadium & arenaLegends Field
11 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of Art
11 mi MuseumUniversity of Kansas Natural History Museum
26 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a yearSporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Legends Field: Unknown, Public domain · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University of Kansas Natural History Museum: InaMaka, CC BY 3.0 · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Willow Springs Township
About 2 of every 100 Willow Springs Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
6 places in Willow Springs Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Kansas, United States
Willow Springs Township is a township in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,517.
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4 towns share a border with Willow Springs Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs Township | — | — | D | — | B | A |
| Marion Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Palmyra Township | #30 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Clinton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wakarusa Township | — | — | C− | — | B | A− |
Willow Springs Township and Wakarusa Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Willow Springs Township, Palmyra Township and Wakarusa Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Marion Township and Clinton Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Willow Springs Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.
