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Shawnee, KS

69,721 Population
42 square miles 1,661 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,250 ±$4,472 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,790 ±$693
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$106,642 ±$8,049 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,785 ±$1,719
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.9% ±1.9% (4,065  ±1,339) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10.1% 224,212 (±0.8% / ±16,685)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±1.3 (661,120  ±26,930) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.2 21,708,696 (±0.2 / ±220,341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,809 ±1,585 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 914,522 ±5,345
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (69,279  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,224,701 (±0 / ±2,722)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2.6% (850  ±399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 29,274 (±0.6% / ±3,374)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

30,142 ±1,773 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 978,202 ±943
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$402,900 ±$19,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $314,300 ±$4,209
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±2.8% (6,373  ±1,942.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12% 267,806 (±0.7% / ±15,244.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±5.1% (47,983  ±3,267.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,438,559 (±1.3% / ±19,629.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.9% ±4% (24,735  ±2,273.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.7% 629,738 (±0.8% / ±12,533.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.7% ±2.5% (6,762  ±1,716) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 180,745 (±0.4% / ±9,373)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.5% (2,962  ±811) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% 109,779 (±0.3% / ±4,786)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,962 Total veterans ±811 2,829 Male ±792 133 Female ±133

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