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Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501, KS

90,388 Population
35.6 square miles 2,540.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 38.4 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.3 ±0.2

Economics

$25,423 ±$1,695 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $32,310 ±$1,750
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $35,028 ±$512
$43,620 ±$4,087 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $55,499 ±$3,118
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $64,124 ±$951

20.8% ±3.7% (17,997  ±3,335) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawnee County: 15.3% † 26,445 (±2.4% / ±4,121)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.7% 333,518 (±0.5% / ±15,020)

16.5 minutes ±0.3 (669,055  ±23,884) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,399,195 (±0.3 / ±36,158)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

42,096 ±2,081 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 74,908 ±1,521
  • Kansas: 1,159,026 ±5,714
2.1 ±0 (86,956  ±4,463) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 173,684 (±0.1 / ±1,416)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,859,735 (±0)

4.9% ±3% (1,051  ±641) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 4.6% † 1,846 (±2% / ±804)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 39,053 (±0.5% / ±3,300)

Housing

46,906 ±2,040 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 80,838 ±608
  • Kansas: 1,284,353 ±200

$94,900 ±$6,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Shawnee County: $154,700 ±$7,996
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $183,800 ±$2,802

13.8% ±2.6% (12,377  ±2,397) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 11.9% † 21,075 (±1.8% / ±3,233.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.1% 439,061 (±0.6% / ±17,685)

Social

91% ±3% (56,559  ±3,646.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shawnee County: 94.1% 115,100 (±3.9% / ±4,911.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,784,711 (±1% / ±19,684)
24.8% ±2.7% (15,425  ±1,864.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Shawnee County: 33.6% 41,144 (±2.5% / ±3,038.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.4% 687,452 (±0.6% / ±11,793.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6% ±1.6% (5,401  ±1,442) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawnee County: 4.3% † 7,658 (±0.9% / ±1,682)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 201,911 (±0.2% / ±7,051)

7.1% ±1.2% (4,977  ±864) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 8.4% † 11,464 (±1.2% / ±1,598)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 147,721 (±0.2% / ±5,166)
4,977 Total veterans ±864 4,977 Male ±864 N/A Female ±187

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