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Bennett Township vs Downs

148 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (35.9× in Downs) and rent (+45% in Bennett Township).

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Bennett Township, KSA small town of 510Kingman County · 510 people
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Downs, KSHomes around $101KKansas · 749 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Bennett TownshipA small town of 510
Quiet strengthsBennett Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Bennett Township →
DownsHomes around $101K
Housing$101K typical home59% below the KS typical home All about Downs →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid35.9×
Downs has the more walkable street grid
Downs 104Bennett Township 2.9
Rent+45%
Rent runs higher in Bennett Township
Bennett Township $843Downs $582
Average commute13 min
Downs has the shorter commute
Bennett Township 26 minDowns 13 min
Age 65++16 pts
Downs has more people 65 and up
Downs 36.4%Bennett Township 20.4%
Property tax bill+39%
Tax bills are bigger in Bennett Township
Bennett Township $2,230Downs $1,606
Growth since 2010+9.5 pts
Bennett Township has grown faster since 2010
Bennett Township -1.6%Downs -11.1%
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Bennett Township$750/mo
Typical home $107K (Census) · tax rate 2.09% · or rent about $843/mo · Housing →
Downs$660/mo
Typical home $101K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.56% · or rent about $582/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Bennett Township and Downs.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Kansas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools
C+Bennett TownshipBetter than 43% of districts in the state –DownsNot graded
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Bennett TownshipDowns
Snow a year7″18″
January low21°F—
July high93°F—
Growing season (days)201d—
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd69th
Outdoors & history
Bennett TownshipDowns
Trails—0 mi
Conserved land—0.9%
National Register places—2
Community
Bennett TownshipDowns
Library hours a week12 hrs30 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

148 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bennett TownshipKingman CountyDownsKS
Bennett Township ↔ Downs148 miles apart
Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Bennett TownshipDowns
People
Population 510Lowest 749Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.6%Highest KS: +3% -11.1%Lowest KS: +3%
Median age 47.7±11.4Lowest 28% above KS 50.9±10Highest 36% above KS
Downs and Bennett Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 14.5%±5.3Lowest KS: 23.8% 17.5%±4.9Highest KS: 23.8%
Downs and Bennett Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 20.4%±5.9Lowest KS: 17% 36.4%±4.1Highest KS: 17%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25%Lowest KS: 35.6% 27.8%Highest KS: 35.6%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±2.8Highest KS: 6.6% 0.8%±1.7Lowest KS: 6.6%
Bennett Township and Downs are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $60,313±$21kLowest 19% below KS $62,333±$8kHighest 16% below KS
Downs and Bennett Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $106,700±$21kHighest 51% below KS $102,700±$11kLowest 53% below KS
Bennett Township and Downs are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $843±$167Highest 20% below KS $582±$28Lowest 45% below KS
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,230Highest 20% below KS $1,606Lowest 43% below KS
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34%±33.6Lowest KS: 43.5% 39.1%±20Highest KS: 43.5%
Downs and Bennett Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 11.6%Highest KS: 11.3% 5.8%Lowest KS: 11.3%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 77.3%Highest KS: 67.2% 76.9%Lowest KS: 67.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1950Lowest 26 yrs older than KS 1955Highest 21 yrs older than KS
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 34% above KS 13 minLowest 32% below KS
Work from home 10.2%±4.8Highest KS: 11.8% 2%±2.5Lowest KS: 11.8%
Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 13.4%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Lowest 0.90Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Wichita (29%)Osborne (24%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DownsFew work in Bennett Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.9Lowest 104Highest
Schools
School district Kingman - Norwich—
High school in town Norwich High—
Students per teacherat that high school 9.5 —
Kansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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