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Soldier township, Shawnee County, KS

15,087 Population
62.3 square miles 242.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$43,675 ±$2,793 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shawnee County: $37,072 ±$789
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$100,500 ±$10,108 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $66,043 ±$1,865
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

3.9% ±1.3% (581  ±192) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.4% 21,495 (±1% / ±1,743)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

20.4 minutes ±0.9 (145,290  ±10,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 17.8 1,339,545 (±0.4 / ±39,686)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,792 ±231 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 74,528 ±654
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.6 ±0.1 (15,082  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 173,058 (±0 / ±96)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

1.8% ±1.3% (54  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Shawnee County: 5.5% † 2,163 (±0.8% / ±328)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

5,997 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 80,884 ±89
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$221,500 ±$13,219 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Shawnee County: $170,400 ±$4,392
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

5.7% ±1.9% (864  ±290.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,303 (±1% / ±1,702.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.6% ±6.2% (10,342  ±719.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 93.5% 113,567 (±2% / ±2,446.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
35.9% ±4% (3,840  ±435.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 32.3% 39,293 (±1.2% / ±1,420.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1.3% ±0.7% (191  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Shawnee County: 4.2% 7,442
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8.4% ±1.7% (967  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,927 (±0.5% / ±682)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
967 Total veterans ±201 895 Male ±195 72 Female ±50

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