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Soldier township, Shawnee County, KS

15,103 Population
62.3 square miles 242.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,435 ±$2,740 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shawnee County: $37,908 ±$783
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,994 ±$11,843 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $67,104 ±$2,304
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.1% ±1.3% (621  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,093 (±0.9% / ±1,477)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±1.1 (139,700  ±11,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,313,275 (±0.5 / ±46,074)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,933 ±305 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 75,458 ±597
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (15,100  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,940 (±0 / ±99)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±1% (38  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shawnee County: 5.3% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±337)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,128 ±316 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,075 ±125
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,600 ±$11,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shawnee County: $180,900 ±$4,873
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±1.7% (899  ±262.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,421 (±1% / ±1,718.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.4% ±5.5% (10,370  ±686.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 93.3% 113,381 (±2% / ±2,478.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.6% ±3.8% (4,049  ±427.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 32.2% 39,192 (±1.2% / ±1,453.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±0.5% (147  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shawnee County: 4.1% 7,286
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±1.6% (1,030  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,878 (±0.6% / ±791)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,030 Total veterans ±190 961 Male ±180 69 Female ±57

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