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Vassar, KS

870 Population
4.9 square miles 179 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$40,768 ±$8,423 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $36,763 ±$648
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$72,083 ±$20,421 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $68,160 ±$1,953
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7.9% ±5.4% (68  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,021 (±0.8% / ±1,879)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

43.2 minutes ±21.1 (15,765  ±5,181) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,029,565 (±0.3 / ±45,306)
  • more than double the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

367 ±82 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,996 ±732
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.3 (870  ±216) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,746 (±0 / ±97)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

407 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,931 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$170,700 ±$41,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $172,200 ±$3,715
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

6.8% ±5.4% (59  ±48.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,701 (±0.8% / ±1,748.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.6% ±9% (626  ±143.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 149,231 (±1.6% / ±2,625)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
21.2% ±8.7% (139  ±63.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,980 (±0.9% / ±1,492.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.3% ±2.9% (20  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,172
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

13.7% ±5.4% (98  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 14,653 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
98 Total veterans ±44 98 Male ±44 N/A Female ±11

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