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Topeka, KS

125,318 Population
61.4 square miles 2,039.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,704 ±$1,536 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $31,691 ±$1,678
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,885 ±$508
$50,761 ±$3,169 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $59,567 ±$2,943
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $62,087 ±$692

11.5% ±2.2% (13,931  ±2,654) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.6% † 21,814 (±1.4% / ±3,063)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,189 (±0.5% / ±13,737)

17.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,085,605  ±89,764) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,252,060 (±0.7 / ±96,433)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 20 27,461,885 (±0.3 / ±436,569)

Families

54,066 ±1,931 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,552 ±1,736
  • Kansas: 1,138,329 ±6,595
2.2 ±0.1 (120,413  ±1,314) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 225,983 (±0.1 / ±1,328)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,768 (±0)

8.4% ±2.9% (2,331  ±818) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 7.5% † 3,641 (±2.1% / ±999)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 41,058 (±0.4% / ±2,884)

Housing

60,013 ±1,533 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,564 ±569
  • Kansas: 1,288,430 ±623

$105,100 ±$5,980 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $138,600 ±$6,407
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $163,200 ±$1,834

14% ±2.6% (17,242  ±3,255.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.3% † 28,274 (±1.7% / ±3,971.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 452,621 (±0.6% / ±16,917.8)

Social

92% ±4.4% (78,018  ±4,062.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 148,340 (±3.2% / ±5,055)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,760,324 (±1% / ±18,571.1)
29.4% ±2.7% (24,918  ±2,308) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 29.1% 46,138 (±1.7% / ±2,746.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34% 652,489 (±0.6% / ±10,781.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

4% ±1% (5,031  ±1,238) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.8% † 6,554 (±0.6% / ±1,346)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 208,900 (±0.3% / ±8,765)

7% ±1.2% (6,814  ±1,204) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.5% 15,073 (±0.7% / ±1,277)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.5% 165,033 (±0.2% / ±4,929)
6,814 Total veterans ±1,204 6,517 Male ±1,175 297 Female ±238

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