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Topeka, KS

126,588 Population
61.4 square miles 2,062.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,762 ±$1,206 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $28,533 ±$814
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $30,146 ±$383
$48,847 ±$3,699 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $56,834 ±$2,653
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $56,422 ±$702

13.7% ±2.5% (16,755  ±3,114) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11% † 24,955 (±1.6% / ±3,707)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.9% 336,487 (±0.5% / ±14,398)

16.2 minutes ±0.6 (922,365  ±56,289) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 19.5 2,061,735 (±0.5 / ±85,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.1 26,097,150 (±0.2 / ±328,822)

Families

54,707 ±1,632 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 96,822 ±1,624
  • Kansas: 1,128,983 ±6,821
2.2 ±0.1 (122,057  ±1,303) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 227,560 (±0 / ±1,305)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,963 (±0)

6.1% ±2.4% (1,701  ±672) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 6% † 2,984 (±1.7% / ±826)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,940 (±0.4% / ±2,826)

Housing

59,890 ±1,364 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,215 ±556
  • Kansas: 1,273,776 ±235

$97,300 ±$5,333 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $132,600 ±$5,610
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $150,600 ±$1,802

16.9% ±2.6% (21,139  ±3,224.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.9% † 29,693 (±1.6% / ±3,673.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 16.1% 463,784 (±0.6% / ±16,879)

Social

93.3% ±4.3% (79,610  ±3,966.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 94% 149,951 (±3% / ±4,882.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,733,265 (±0.9% / ±18,045.3)
33.3% ±2.7% (28,434  ±2,335.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 31.3% 49,985 (±1.8% / ±2,956.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 33.8% 642,742 (±0.6% / ±11,153.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

4.6% ±1.1% (5,863  ±1,375) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.3% † 7,704 (±0.6% / ±1,370)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 200,557 (±0.2% / ±6,935)

9.9% ±1.4% (9,596  ±1,389) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.7% 17,323 (±0.9% / ±1,528)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 8% 175,064 (±0.3% / ±5,713)
9,596 Total veterans ±1,389 8,721 Male ±1,297 875 Female ±402

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