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Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501, KS

90,045 Population
35.6 square miles 2,530.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 39.6 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,986 ±$1,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $39,686 ±$2,008
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,698 ±$2,560 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $71,634 ±$5,407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.9% ±3.3% (13,810  ±2,950) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawnee County: 12.4% † 21,446 (±2.5% / ±4,254)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

15.6 minutes ±0.7 (583,855  ±33,464) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,313,275 (±0.5 / ±46,074)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

41,408 ±1,950 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 78,584 ±1,015
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (86,089  ±4,408) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.2 172,928 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.2% ±4.5% (1,741  ±970) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 6.8% † 2,668 (±2.7% / ±1,069)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,672 ±2,219 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,489 ±95
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$135,500 ±$9,836 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Shawnee County: $212,400 ±$12,170
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13% ±2.6% (11,521  ±2,366.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 10.6% † 18,569 (±1.9% / ±3,357.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±3.9% (55,055  ±3,665.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shawnee County: 93% 116,093 (±4.1% / ±5,130.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.1% ±3% (15,379  ±2,015.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 29.8% 37,173 (±2.2% / ±2,700.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.4% ±1.2% (3,993  ±1,097) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 3.6% 6,429
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±1.3% (5,242  ±923) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Shawnee County: 7.5% † 10,317 (±1.1% / ±1,572)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,242 Total veterans ±923 4,341 Male ±861 901 Female ±480

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