# Coffey County, Kansas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Burlington and Lincoln Township Coffey County is a power-producing county: the plants here serve load well beyond its borders. Coffey County is home to Burlington, Lincoln Township, Rock Creek Township and Lebo. Its power plants have 1,527 MW of capacity, 85% of it nuclear, the 3rd largest fleet in Kansas. Construction employs 144, up 8.3% since 2019. 1 MW has retired here since 2019, including Burlington (KS) (natural gas, 1 MW, 2022). Employers here counted 3,448 jobs in 2025, down 5.2% from 2019. 1,527 MW of operating power plants, mostly nuclear 1 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 -5.2% total jobs since 2019, now 3,448 ## Cities and towns in Coffey County Coffey County is home to Burlington, Lincoln Township, Rock Creek Township and Lebo. Burlington2,640 residents Lincoln Township1,268 residents Rock Creek Township927 residents Lebo918 residents Waverly577 residents Liberty Township559 residents LeRoy Township556 residents LeRoy457 residents New Strawn427 residents Burlington Township378 residents Gridley321 residents Pleasant Township260 residents Key West Township252 residents Pottawatomie Township199 residents Avon Township172 residents Star Township159 residents Hampden Township138 residents Neosho Township119 residents Spring Creek Township112 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Coffey County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Kansas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 8,358 | 8,467 | ▲ 1.3% | 45th of 105 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,638 | 3,448 | ▼ 5.2% | 83rd of 105 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $61,732 | $72,751 | ▲ 17.8% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 133 | 144 | ▲ 8.3% | 33rd of 51 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 4.5% | 5.3% | ▲ 0.8pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 1 MW | | — | Unemployment was 5.3% in August 2026, against 4.5% in 2019. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is the largest utility serving Coffey County, one of 5 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 14.29¢/kWh in 2024, above the 13.97¢ median for Kansas utilities. 8,467 people live here, up 1.3% since 2020. ## Who powers Coffey County ### Utilities with service territory in Coffey County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Investor Owned | Bundled | 341,806 | 14.29¢ | 44% | | Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Investor Owned | Bundled | 302,508 | 14.25¢ | 32% | | Evergy Metro | Investor Owned | Bundled | 244,555 | 13.13¢ | 51% | | City of Burlington - (KS) | — | — | — | — | — | | Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Nuclear | 1,296 MW | 85% | | Wind | 199 MW | 13% | | Petroleum | 27 MW | 2% | | Natural gas | 5 MW | 0% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Wolf Creek Generating Station | Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp | Nuclear | 1,296 MW | 1985 | | Waverly Wind Farm LLC | Waverly Wind Farm LLC | Wind | 199 MW | 2016 | | Sharpe | Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc | Petroleum | 20 MW | 2002 | | Burlington (KS) | City of Burlington - (KS) | Petroleum | 10 MW | 1962 | | Wolf Creek Generator | 4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Petroleum | 1 MW | 2014 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Burlington (KS) | Natural gas | 1 MW | 2022 | ## The Coffey County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 3,448 | $72,751 | 1.00 | | Construction | 144 | $71,244 | 0.79 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Coffey County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Coffey County. Kansas has 24 local measures on record statewide, and 2 neighboring counties have one: [Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/franklin-county), [Lyon County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/lyon-county). ## Coffey County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Coffey County, Lyon County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Coffey County | 8,467 | ▼ 5.2% | 1,527 MW | — | — | — | | Allen County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/allen-county) | 12,302 | ▼ 2.8% | 229 MW | 8 MW | — | — | | Anderson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/anderson-county) | 8,018 | ▲ 15.0% | 14 MW | — | — | — | | Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/franklin-county) | 26,299 | ▲ 8.7% | 19 MW | — | — | 1 | | Greenwood County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/greenwood-county) | 5,826 | ▼ 11.7% | — | — | — | — | | Lyon County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/lyon-county) | 32,266 | ▼ 3.3% | 932 MW | — | — | 2 | | Osage County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/osage-county) | 15,693 | ▲ 4.1% | 21 MW | — | — | — | | Woodson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/woodson-county) | 3,118 | ▼ 9.2% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Kansas [All Kansas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas)[Lyon County32,266 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/lyon-county)[Franklin County26,299 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/franklin-county)[Osage County15,693 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/osage-county)[Allen County12,302 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/allen-county)[Anderson County8,018 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/anderson-county) ## Coffey County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Coffey County, Kansas? 5 utilities have service territory in Coffey County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, City of Burlington - (KS). The largest, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, charged residential customers 14.29¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Coffey County? 5 operating plants with 1,527 MW of capacity. The largest is Wolf Creek Generating Station (1,296 MW, nuclear). ### Are there data centers in Coffey County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Coffey County. ### Is Coffey County adding jobs? Employers counted 3,448 jobs in 2025 against 3,638 in 2019 (-5.2%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 133 to 144. ### Does Coffey County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Coffey County. Kansas has 24 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/coffey-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).