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Topeka, KS Metro Area

232,322 Population
3,232.7 square miles 71.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,156 ±$1,246 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,301 ±$2,633 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.2% ±1.7% (27,772  ±3,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.8 minutes ±0.9 (1,984,820  ±108,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

95,618 ±1,874 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (226,717  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.7% ±1.6% (2,831  ±784) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

105,758 ±50 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$184,000 ±$8,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±2.2% (29,140  ±5,002.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.8% ±3.3% (149,109  ±5,387.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
29.7% ±2% (47,771  ±3,250.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

2.7% ±6,439.4% (6,256  ±1,592) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

8.4% ±1% (15,028  ±1,752) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,028 Total veterans ±1,752 13,073 Male ±1,560 1,955 Female ±773

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