Next-door neighbors in Hutchinson County. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+86.8 pts in Cross Plains Township) and median age (32.9 yrs in Starr Township).
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.
Starr TownshipCross Plains Township
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People
Population40Lowest80Highest
Median age58.6±16.3Highest 54% above SD25.7±2Lowest 32% below SD
Kids under 180%±70.7Lowest SD: 24.2%21.3%±31.2Highest SD: 24.2%
Cross Plains Township and Starr Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+10%±83.8Highest SD: 18%2.5%±41.1Lowest SD: 18%
Starr Township and Cross Plains Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
