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Topeka, KS

125,908 Population
61.4 square miles 2,049.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,292 ±$2,709 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $30,874 ±$1,805
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,456 ±$438
$44,338 ±$2,041 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $54,618 ±$3,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $58,218 ±$773

17.2% ±3.5% (20,895  ±4,210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 13.5% † 30,535 (±2.1% / ±4,747)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 338,175 (±0.5% / ±14,157)

17.5 minutes ±0.9 (987,620  ±64,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 21.2 2,203,920 (±0.8 / ±104,644)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 26,863,770 (±0.2 / ±379,254)

Families

54,697 ±1,845 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,364 ±1,860
  • Kansas: 1,133,408 ±7,193
2.2 ±0.1 (121,227  ±1,484) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,894 (±0.1 / ±1,503)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,831,878 (±0)

5.8% ±2.3% (1,623  ±645) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 3,081 (±1.6% / ±804)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.3% 41,218 (±0.4% / ±2,877)

Housing

61,592 ±1,238 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,397 ±633
  • Kansas: 1,280,553 ±488

$109,700 ±$7,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $138,400 ±$5,054
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $159,400 ±$1,838

15.6% ±2.6% (19,454  ±3,270.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 13.9% † 31,820 (±1.8% / ±4,147.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 16.8% 481,367 (±0.7% / ±19,421.2)

Social

87.9% ±4.5% (75,593  ±4,116.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 91.7% 144,860 (±3.2% / ±5,117.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,739,393 (±0.9% / ±17,191.7)
26.8% ±2.5% (23,070  ±2,215.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 28.3% 44,696 (±1.8% / ±2,857.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.8% 646,143 (±0.6% / ±10,724.6)

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

6.5% ±1.2% (8,187  ±1,553) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 4% † 9,225 (±0.7% / ±1,622)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 209,362 (±0.3% / ±8,342)

9.7% ±1.4% (9,468  ±1,398) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 10.3% 18,228 (±1% / ±1,750)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 8.2% 178,959 (±0.3% / ±5,513)
9,468 Total veterans ±1,398 8,936 Male ±1,336 532 Female ±391

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