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Topeka, KS Metro Area

232,648 Population
3,232.7 square miles 72 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,297 ±$1,494 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,389 ±$4,655 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.2% ±2% (25,581  ±4,596) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.3 (2,243,600  ±150,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

100,603 ±1,260 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (226,946  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.2% (3,480  ±1,084) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

105,974 ±103 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$211,800 ±$9,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±1.6% (22,424  ±3,632) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.3% ±3.4% (152,822  ±5,651.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.2% ±1.8% (46,242  ±3,007.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% (7,238  ±1,370) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±1% (14,211  ±1,717) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,211 Total veterans ±1,717 12,413 Male ±1,547 1,798 Female ±792

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