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Topeka, KS Urban Area

147,144 Population
84.2 square miles 1,747 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,962 ±$1,725 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,397 ±$6,590 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.3% ±2.8% (19,088  ±4,052) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.2 minutes ±0.6 (1,039,840  ±41,640) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

66,096 ±1,505 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (142,270  ±3,339) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±3.1% (2,086  ±1,010) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,836 ±1,436 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$183,600 ±$13,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±2.2% (16,681  ±3,187.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±4.1% (94,984  ±4,811.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.1% ±2.3% (29,921  ±2,502) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

4.3% ±0.9% (6,277  ±1,286) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±1.4% (8,656  ±1,569) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,656 Total veterans ±1,569 7,373 Male ±1,423 1,283 Female ±688

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