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Topeka township, Shawnee County, KS

1,275 Population
9.4 square miles 135.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±19.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$65,574 ±$14,987 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $37,072 ±$789
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$119,766 ±$86,824 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Shawnee County: $66,043 ±$1,865
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

N/A Persons below poverty line

17.5 minutes ±1.7 (9,100  ±4,149) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shawnee County: 17.8 1,339,545 (±0.4 / ±39,686)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

419 ±139 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 74,528 ±654
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
3 ±0.8 (1,275  ±536) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 173,058 (±0 / ±96)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

8% ±12.2% (16  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Shawnee County: 5.5% † 2,163 (±0.8% / ±328)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

430 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 80,884 ±89
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$293,100 ±$100,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $170,400 ±$4,392
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.1% ±14.7% (127  ±192.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,303 (±1% / ±1,702.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.8% ±47.1% (858  ±272.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shawnee County: 93.5% 113,567 (±2% / ±2,446.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
48.5% ±14.8% (439  ±214.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Shawnee County: 32.3% 39,293 (±1.2% / ±1,420.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±1.5% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Shawnee County: 4.2% 7,442
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

9.7% ±8.4% (89  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,927 (±0.5% / ±682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
89 Total veterans ±84 89 Male ±84 N/A Female ±11

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