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Topeka, KS Urban Area

150,343 Population
84.2 square miles 1,784.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,061 ±$1,613 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,855 ±$4,212 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.3% ±2.5% (20,880  ±3,744) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,065,445  ±39,877) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

63,744 ±1,988 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (145,618  ±3,550) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±2% (1,917  ±692) 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

70,836 ±1,412 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$165,400 ±$9,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.5% ±3.2% (22,946  ±4,717.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.4% ±4.1% (94,775  ±4,787.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
30.2% ±2.7% (31,301  ±2,899.1) 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

3.8% ±1.1% (5,749  ±1,607) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.1% ±1.2% (9,489  ±1,402) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,489 Total veterans ±1,402 8,067 Male ±1,271 1,422 Female ±761

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