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Topeka, IN

1,137 Population
1.6 square miles 704.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in LaGrange County: 32.7 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,307 ±$3,853 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in LaGrange County: $34,018 ±$1,579
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,875 ±$9,748 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in LaGrange County: $84,487 ±$3,736
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±5.4% (90  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in LaGrange County: 5.9% † 2,400 (±1.4% / ±552)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±4.1 (8,675  ±2,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in LaGrange County: 21.8 351,060 (±1.1 / ±21,739)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

390 ±84 Number of households
  • LaGrange County: 12,897 ±310
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (1,137  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in LaGrange County: 3.1 40,555 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±4.6% (12  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in LaGrange County: 9.3% † 795 (±1.8% / ±156)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

418 ±91 Number of housing units
  • LaGrange County: 15,151 ±38
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,700 ±$28,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in LaGrange County: $255,900 ±$15,853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±4.9% (82  ±58.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in LaGrange County: 8.4% † 3,373 (±1.6% / ±620.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

60.8% ±3.7% (393  ±100.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in LaGrange County: 58.9% 14,166 (±3.2% / ±771.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6% ±4.6% (39  ±31.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in LaGrange County: 11.5% † 2,772 (±1.6% / ±375.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.1% ±4.9% (92  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in LaGrange County: 2.3% 946
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±3.9% (44  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in LaGrange County: 3.6% † 1,002 (±0.7% / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
44 Total veterans ±33 44 Male ±33 N/A Female ±13

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