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Topeka township, Shawnee County, KS

865 Population
9.4 square miles 91.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±14.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Shawnee County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,081 ±$14,948 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $37,908 ±$783
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,576 ±$27,096 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shawnee County: $67,104 ±$2,304
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.7% ±2.9% (15  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,093 (±0.9% / ±1,477)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±3.9 (8,880  ±5,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,313,275 (±0.5 / ±46,074)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

398 ±165 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 75,458 ±597
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (865  ±387) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,940 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.3% ±26.8% (27  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shawnee County: 5.3% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±337)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

419 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,075 ±125
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$392,600 ±$113,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Shawnee County: $180,900 ±$4,873
  • nearly double the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±17.6% (59  ±150.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,421 (±1% / ±1,718.4)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±58.2% (664  ±258.7) 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)
64.7% ±12.5% (448  ±226.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Shawnee County: 32.2% 39,192 (±1.2% / ±1,453.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • nearly double 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

2.4% ±3.7% (21  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 4.1% 7,286
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.5% ±3.3% (18  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,878 (±0.6% / ±791)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±25 18 Male ±25 N/A Female ±11

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