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Summit Township vs Buffalo Township

Next-door neighbors in Cloud County. The biggest differences: trails (8.7× in Buffalo Township) and typical home built (53 yrs in Summit Township).

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Summit Township, KSA small town of 92Cloud County · 92 people
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Buffalo Township, KSA small town of 122Cloud County · 122 people
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.

Summit TownshipA small town of 92
Quiet strengthsSummit Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Summit Township →
Buffalo TownshipA small town of 122
Quiet strengthsBuffalo Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Buffalo Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

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

★ What stands out · Where they are

Summit Township and Buffalo Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Summit TownshipBuffalo TownshipSummit TownshipBuffalo Township
Summit Township ↔ Buffalo Township7.5 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Summit TownshipBuffalo Township
Snow a year19″19″
January low19°F19°F
July high90°F90°F
Growing season (days)183d183d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th57th
Outdoors & history
Summit TownshipBuffalo Township
Trails—3 mi
Conserved land—0.3%
Community
Summit TownshipBuffalo Township
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.

Summit TownshipBuffalo Township
People
Population 92Lowest 122Highest
Median age 33.6±41.5Highest 10% below KS 24.5±4.5Lowest 34% below KS
Summit Township and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 45.7%±6Highest KS: 23.8% 38.5%±16Lowest KS: 23.8%
Summit Township and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 17.4%±33.1Highest KS: 17% 0%±31.2Lowest KS: 17%
Summit Township and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32%Highest KS: 35.6% 20.4%Lowest KS: 35.6%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±16.9Lowest KS: 6.6% 1.6%±9.5Highest KS: 6.6%
Buffalo Township and Summit Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $93,571±$69kLowest 26% above KS $125,284±$62kHighest 69% above KS
Buffalo Township and Summit Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $142,600±$12k 34% below KS
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 KS: 43.5%
Below poverty line 0% KS: 11.3% 0% KS: 11.3%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 63.6%Lowest KS: 67.2% 89.7%Highest KS: 67.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 38 yrs older than KS 1991Highest 15 yrs newer than KS
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 45 min 126% above KS
Work from home 0%±40.7 KS: 11.8% 0%±15.5 KS: 11.8%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.3 miHighest 29.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.15Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Beloit (13%)Concordia (21%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Buffalo TownshipFew work in Summit Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 2.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.0Lowest 1.4Highest
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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