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Wakarusa, KS

243 Population
5 square miles 48.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±61.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,310 ±$26,641 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $35,694 ±$814
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$40,972 ±$15,433 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $65,665 ±$2,167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

8.2% ±8.2% (20  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.7% 26,655 (±0.8% / ±1,759)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

N/A

Families

110 ±53 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,742 ±693
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.7 (243  ±138) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,906 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

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

Housing

137 ±54 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,653 ±128
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$211,500 ±$78,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $161,700 ±$3,146
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

35.4% ±47.6% (86  ±,125.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.8% 29,482 (±0.8% / ±1,775.1)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

100% ±12.2% (164  ±77.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.3% 148,246 (±1.6% / ±2,593.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

4.9% ±9.5% (12  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.6% 8,333
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.3% ±11.1% (12  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.7% 15,435 (±0.4% / ±744)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
12 Total veterans ±19 12 Male ±19 N/A Female ±11

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