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Topeka, KS

125,475 Population
61.9 square miles 2,027.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.4 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,427 ±$1,962 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $39,297 ±$1,494
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,030 ±$3,401 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $74,389 ±$4,655
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.6% ±3% (17,773  ±3,672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.2% † 25,581 (±2% / ±4,596)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.7 minutes ±0.6 (856,780  ±37,257) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.6 2,003,895 (±0.5 / ±56,625)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

57,797 ±1,462 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 100,603 ±1,260
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (120,782  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.3 226,946 (±0 / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.9% ±3.5% (1,912  ±982) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 7.1% † 3,480 (±2.2% / ±1,084)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

60,213 ±1,439 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,974 ±103
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$163,300 ±$12,918 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $211,800 ±$9,087
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13% ±2.6% (16,051  ±3,182.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.8% † 22,424 (±1.6% / ±3,632)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±4.6% (80,629  ±4,552.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.3% 152,822 (±3.4% / ±5,651.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.9% ±2.6% (24,541  ±2,403.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 28.2% 46,242 (±1.8% / ±3,007.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about three-quarters of 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

4.5% ±1% (5,638  ±1,282) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.1% 7,238
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±1.3% (6,850  ±1,250) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 7.9% † 14,211 (±1% / ±1,717)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,850 Total veterans ±1,250 5,610 Male ±1,072 1,240 Female ±685

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