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Topeka, KS

125,480 Population
61.7 square miles 2,035 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,263 ±$1,869 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $35,156 ±$1,246
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$52,417 ±$3,169 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $65,301 ±$2,633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

16.9% ±3.1% (20,541  ±3,735) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.2% † 27,772 (±1.7% / ±3,801)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

16.7 minutes ±0.5 (885,730  ±34,255) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,029,565 (±0.3 / ±45,306)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

55,148 ±1,911 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,618 ±1,874
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.2 ±0.1 (120,909  ±72) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,717 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521

5.1% ±2.2% (1,535  ±663) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,831 (±1.6% / ±784)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

61,594 ±1,328 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,758 ±50
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$148,400 ±$10,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $184,000 ±$8,476
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

15.9% ±3.1% (19,702  ±3,849.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.7% † 29,140 (±2.2% / ±5,002.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

90.6% ±4.4% (78,866  ±4,407.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 92.8% 149,109 (±3.3% / ±5,387.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
28.5% ±2.9% (24,778  ±2,612.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 29.7% 47,771 (±2% / ±3,250.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

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

4.2% ±1.3% (5,302  ±1,669) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.7% 6,256
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421

7.7% ±1.3% (7,675  ±1,277) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.4% † 15,028 (±1% / ±1,752)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
7,675 Total veterans ±1,277 6,457 Male ±1,167 1,218 Female ±754

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