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Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501, KS

93,010 Population
35.6 square miles 2,614.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 39.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$28,990 ±$2,156 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $34,619 ±$1,928
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $37,919 ±$489
$47,754 ±$3,095 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $60,544 ±$2,846
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $68,925 ±$1,152

20.2% ±3.9% (18,105  ±3,599) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawnee County: 14% † 24,226 (±2.3% / ±3,912)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 342,670 (±0.5% / ±15,052)

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

42,707 ±1,821 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 75,895 ±1,195
  • Kansas: 1,175,294 ±6,195
2.1 ±0 (88,928  ±4,223) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,366 (±0 / ±309)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,850,661 (±472.7 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±2.7% (1,235  ±627) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawnee County: 4.3% † 1,709 (±1.8% / ±709)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,787 (±0.4% / ±2,815)

Housing

47,245 ±1,861 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,281 ±140
  • Kansas: 1,292,571 ±329

$118,200 ±$7,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Shawnee County: $166,900 ±$6,201
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $206,600 ±$3,283

19.4% ±4.2% (17,717  ±3,893.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 18.8% † 32,943 (±3.1% / ±5,437.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.7% 425,989 (±0.5% / ±14,431)

Social

89.5% ±3.1% (55,953  ±3,396.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shawnee County: 92.9% 111,758 (±3.8% / ±4,716.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92.1% 1,790,710 (±1% / ±19,380)
25.2% ±2.5% (15,720  ±1,758.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 30.7% 36,944 (±2.3% / ±2,737.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 692,543 (±0.6% / ±11,883.7)

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

6.6% ±1.8% (6,099  ±1,656) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawnee County: 4.8% † 8,477 (±14,951% / ±1,833)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,583 (±1,336.8% / ±8,934)

5.7% ±1.2% (4,153  ±922) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawnee County: 7.1% † 9,686 (±1% / ±1,384)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 154,678 (±0.2% / ±4,879)
4,153 Total veterans ±922 3,593 Male ±794 560 Female ±441

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