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Census Tract 21, Shawnee, KS

3,056 Population
0.7 square miles 4,264 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Topeka: 38 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 39.4 ±0.3

Economics

$30,759 ±$6,680 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Topeka: $34,089 ±$854
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $37,908 ±$783
$52,500 ±$12,345 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Topeka: $56,956 ±$1,954
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $67,104 ±$2,304

23.3% ±9.3% (711  ±317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Topeka: 15.7% 19,123 (±1.1% / ±1,388)
  • nearly double the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,093 (±0.9% / ±1,477)

13.7 minutes ±4.9 (22,700  ±5,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Topeka: 16.7 856,780 (±0.6 / ±37,257)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,313,275 (±0.5 / ±46,074)

Families

1,326 ±201 Number of households
  • Topeka: 54,837 ±717
  • Shawnee County: 75,458 ±597
2.3 ±0.3 (3,040  ±605) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Topeka: 2.2 121,010 (±0 / ±92)
  • about the same as the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,940 (±0 / ±99)

2.3% ±3.7% (23  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Topeka: 5.7% † 1,669 (±1.1% / ±320)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 5.3% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±337)

Housing

1,514 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Topeka: 59,868 ±487
  • Shawnee County: 81,075 ±125

$98,300 ±$10,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Topeka: $144,200 ±$6,002
  • about half the amount in Shawnee County: $180,900 ±$4,873

26.1% ±12.3% (797  ±407) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Topeka: 15.3% 18,998 (±1.3% / ±1,612)
  • about double the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,421 (±1% / ±1,718.4)

Social

85.4% ±5.2% (1,824  ±316.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Topeka: 91.7% 77,881 (±2.4% / ±2,089.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 93.3% 113,381 (±2% / ±2,478.9)
25.7% ±4.9% (548  ±137.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Topeka: 29% 24,615 (±1.3% / ±1,135.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 32.2% 39,192 (±1.2% / ±1,453.7)

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

0.5% ±0.7% (15  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Topeka: 5.1% † 6,432 (±0.7% / ±813)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 4.1% 7,286

7% ±4.3% (176  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Topeka: 7.7% 7,522 (±0.7% / ±649)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,878 (±0.6% / ±791)
176 Total veterans ±112 143 Male ±84 33 Female ±40

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