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Shawnee, KS

69,417 Population
42 square miles 1,653.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$49,876 ±$2,969 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $43,678 ±$619
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$100,016 ±$14,372 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $79,842 ±$1,667
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

4.4% ±1.6% (3,049  ±1,070) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9% 197,816 (±0.6% / ±12,823)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

21.8 minutes ±1.3 (665,155  ±28,135) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 22,034,824 (±0.2 / ±195,439)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

28,168 ±1,269 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 906,504 ±4,974
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.5 ±0.1 (68,995  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,190,262 (±0 / ±2,013)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521

5% ±2.5% (847  ±441) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 27,052 (±0.7% / ±3,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

28,772 ±1,334 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 969,534 ±725
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$357,000 ±$12,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $289,200 ±$3,561
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

7.7% ±2.5% (5,253  ±1,692.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12.1% 265,065 (±0.6% / ±13,707.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

95.5% ±5.6% (45,718  ±3,226.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,416,985 (±1.2% / ±17,843.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
54.2% ±4.4% (25,915  ±2,330.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.8% 620,386 (±0.7% / ±11,051.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

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

8.5% ±2.2% (5,865  ±1,547) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,505 (±0.4% / ±8,062)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421

5.3% ±1.4% (2,882  ±775) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.6% 111,061 (±0.3% / ±4,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
2,882 Total veterans ±775 2,538 Male ±708 344 Female ±290

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