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Shawnee, KS

67,521 Population
42 square miles 1,608.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.3 ±0.2

Economics

$47,481 ±$4,667 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,872 ±$703
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $35,028 ±$512
$92,844 ±$7,778 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,900 ±$1,407
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $64,124 ±$951

6.1% ±2.4% (4,109  ±1,599) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.7% 211,154 (±0.7% / ±14,749)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.7% 333,518 (±0.5% / ±15,020)

21 minutes ±0.6 (652,925  ±32,696) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

27,114 ±1,726 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 883,621 ±4,700
  • Kansas: 1,159,026 ±5,714
2.5 ±0.2 (67,090  ±260) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,115 (±0 / ±3,106)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,859,735 (±0)

5.9% ±3.7% (916  ±583) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.8% 29,744 (±0.6% / ±2,969)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 39,053 (±0.5% / ±3,300)

Housing

28,651 ±1,876 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 949,618 ±1,232
  • Kansas: 1,284,353 ±200

$312,800 ±$24,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $247,000 ±$3,449
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $183,800 ±$2,802

9.8% ±3.4% (6,521  ±2,226) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.4% 312,674 (±0.7% / ±14,838.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 15.1% 439,061 (±0.6% / ±17,685)

Social

96.2% ±7.2% (44,949  ±4,012.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.4% 1,399,562 (±1.2% / ±17,856.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,784,711 (±1% / ±19,684)
54.6% ±5.5% (25,503  ±2,849.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.5% 591,652 (±0.8% / ±11,472.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.4% 687,452 (±0.6% / ±11,793.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.6% ±2.4% (3,747  ±1,589) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 151,048 (±0.3% / ±6,476)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 201,911 (±0.2% / ±7,051)

5% ±1.8% (2,587  ±950) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 115,142 (±0.3% / ±4,790)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 147,721 (±0.2% / ±5,166)
2,587 Total veterans ±950 2,351 Male ±831 236 Female ±382

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