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Topeka, KS

125,969 Population
61.6 square miles 2,044.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.3 ±0.2

Economics

$30,319 ±$1,967 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $31,746 ±$1,410
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $35,028 ±$512
$49,040 ±$2,499 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $57,474 ±$2,889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $64,124 ±$951

17.6% ±3.1% (21,349  ±3,809) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 13.3% † 30,077 (±1.9% / ±4,337)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.7% 333,518 (±0.5% / ±15,020)

17 minutes ±0.3 (929,055  ±27,531) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.5 2,096,485 (±0.3 / ±43,450)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

55,844 ±1,769 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,988 ±1,598
  • Kansas: 1,159,026 ±5,714
2.2 ±0.1 (121,737  ±1,440) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 227,473 (±0 / ±1,441)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,859,735 (±0)

5.2% ±2.6% (1,480  ±762) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.1% † 2,542 (±1.6% / ±818)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 39,053 (±0.5% / ±3,300)

Housing

61,068 ±1,353 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,855 ±619
  • Kansas: 1,284,353 ±200

$123,400 ±$11,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $154,800 ±$6,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $183,800 ±$2,802

14.4% ±2.3% (18,037  ±2,852.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.1% † 25,552 (±1.5% / ±3,426.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.1% 439,061 (±0.6% / ±17,685)

Social

93.1% ±4.4% (80,993  ±4,243.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.9% 150,293 (±3.2% / ±5,359.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,784,711 (±1% / ±19,684)
30.1% ±2.7% (26,192  ±2,459.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 31.4% 50,218 (±2% / ±3,270.1)
  • about 80 percent of 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% ±1.3% (7,015  ±1,682) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.7% † 8,635 (±0.7% / ±1,676)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 201,911 (±0.2% / ±7,051)

8.7% ±1.3% (8,546  ±1,321) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.6% † 15,273 (±0.9% / ±1,618)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 147,721 (±0.2% / ±5,166)
8,546 Total veterans ±1,321 7,668 Male ±1,199 878 Female ±561

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