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Bloom Township vs Appleton Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (34× in Appleton Township) and size (19.6× in Appleton Township).

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Bloom Township, KSA small town of 48Ford County · 48 people
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Appleton Township, KSKnown for its schoolsClark County · 939 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.

Bloom TownshipA small town of 48
Quiet strengthsBloom Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Bloom Township →
Appleton TownshipKnown for its schools
SchoolsBetter than 91%of KS districts All about Appleton Township →
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.

Trails34×
Appleton Township has more miles of trail
Appleton Township 81.5 miBloom Township 2.4 mi
Size19.6×
Appleton Township is the bigger place
Appleton Township 939Bloom Township 48
Jobs per worker3.7×
Appleton Township is more of a job hub
Appleton Township 0.92Bloom Township 0.25
Bachelor’s degree++31.2 pts
More adults in Appleton Township have a degree
Appleton Township 31.2%Bloom Township 0%
Homeowners+22 pts renters
Appleton Township has more renters
Bloom Township 100%Appleton Township 78%
Work in town+13.3 pts
More of Appleton Township’s workers stay in town
Appleton Township 16.1%Bloom Township 2.8%
★ 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.

Bloom Township$860/mo
Typical home $134K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · Housing →
Appleton Township$770/mo
Typical home $117K (Census) · tax rate 1.63% · or rent about $900/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Bloom Township and Appleton Township.

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.

Where they are

Bloom Township and Appleton Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bloom TownshipAppleton TownshipBloom TownshipAppleton Township
Bloom Township ↔ Appleton Township8.5 miles apart · They share a border
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
–Bloom TownshipNot graded AAppleton TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state
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
Bloom TownshipAppleton Township
Snow a year19″12″
January low20°F19°F
July high94°F95°F
Growing season (days)179d178d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th77th
Outdoors & history
Bloom TownshipAppleton Township
Trails2 mi82 mi
Conserved land0%0.8%
Community
Bloom TownshipAppleton Township
Library hours a week—23 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.

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.

Bloom TownshipAppleton Township
People
Population 48Lowest 939Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -3% KS: +3%
Median age 35.8±23.2Highest 4% below KS 35.1±5.1Lowest 6% below KS
Bloom Township and Appleton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 37.5%±43.1Highest KS: 23.8% 28.8%±4Lowest KS: 23.8%
Bloom Township and Appleton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 14.6%±69.5Lowest KS: 17% 21.4%±4.4Highest KS: 17%
Appleton Township and Bloom Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest KS: 35.6% 31.2%Highest KS: 35.6%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±32.4Lowest KS: 6.6% 4.3%±2.3Highest KS: 6.6%
Appleton Township and Bloom Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $77,083±$31kHighest 4% above KS $62,500±$9kLowest 16% below KS
Bloom Township and Appleton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $134,400±$100kHighest 38% below KS $116,700±$48kLowest 46% below KS
Bloom Township and Appleton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $900±$150 15% below KS
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,821Lowest 35% below KS $1,902Highest 32% below KS
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 18.3%±30 KS: 43.5%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest KS: 11.3% 12.9%Highest KS: 11.3%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest KS: 67.2% 78%Lowest KS: 67.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1963Highest 13 yrs older than KS 1952Lowest 24 yrs older than KS
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 12% above KS 25 minHighest 25% above KS
Work from home 0%±42.3Lowest KS: 11.8% 3.9%±3.1Highest KS: 11.8%
Appleton Township and Bloom Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 16.1%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miHighest 22.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.92Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Bucklin (17%)Ashland (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Appleton TownshipFew work in Bloom Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miLowest 81.5 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.5Highest 1.0Lowest
Schools
School district —Minneola
High school in town —Minneola High
Students per teacherat that high school — 8.0
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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