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Wakarusa, KS

207 Population
5 square miles 41.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$52,441 ±$20,000 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $36,763 ±$648
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
N/A Median household income

7.7% ±6.2% (16  ±15) 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)

N/A

Families

122 ±49 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,996 ±732
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
1.7 ±0.5 (207  ±101) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,746 (±0 / ±97)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

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

Housing

146 ±60 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,931 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$225,000 ±$22,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $172,200 ±$3,715
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±13.5% (207  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 149,231 (±1.6% / ±2,625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
31.9% ±37.8% (66  ±84.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,980 (±0.9% / ±1,492.1)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.8% ±9.9% (10  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,172
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

24.6% ±16.4% (51  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 14,653 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
51 Total veterans ±42 51 Male ±42 N/A Female ±11

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