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Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501, KS

94,868 Population
35.6 square miles 2,666.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 40.3 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$26,882 ±$1,651 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shawnee County: $35,097 ±$1,429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$48,678 ±$2,995 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $62,512 ±$3,958
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

18% ±3.3% (16,473  ±3,121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% † 21,993 (±2.1% / ±3,703)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

16.5 minutes ±0.7 (658,070  ±32,563) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 18.1 1,378,925 (±0.5 / ±43,124)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

41,039 ±1,924 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 73,980 ±1,583
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.2 ±0.1 (90,986  ±3,478) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,896 (±0.1 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,853,521 (±,467.5 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±2.4% (1,079  ±582) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 5.5% † 2,129 (±1.8% / ±703)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

46,350 ±1,849 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,377 ±55
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$122,600 ±$8,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Shawnee County: $183,200 ±$10,868
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

17% ±3.6% (15,939  ±3,405.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 13.7% † 24,097 (±2.7% / ±4,755.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

89.1% ±4.2% (57,584  ±3,744.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shawnee County: 92.3% 113,006 (±4% / ±4,991.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
25.6% ±3.1% (16,548  ±2,105.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 31.8% 38,877 (±2.5% / ±3,043.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

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

4.5% ±1.6% (4,253  ±1,476) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawnee County: 3.3% † 5,930 (±10,427.6% / ±1,600)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,421 (±1,332.7% / ±6,739)

7.5% ±1.5% (5,600  ±1,123) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 8.2% † 11,231 (±1.1% / ±1,483)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
5,600 Total veterans ±1,123 4,486 Male ±1,013 1,114 Female ±753

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