Topeka, KS (Kansas) Houses and Residents

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Topeka Apartments for Rent

Total population: 123,446 (Urban population: 122,644, Rural population: 802 (all nonfarm))

Topeka, Kansas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 56,481 (52,230 occupied: 31,763 owner occupied, 20,467 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	31%

Housing density: 1008 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $105,511.

Median contract rent in 2007: $447 (lower quartile is $361, upper quartile is $604)

Housing units in Topeka with a mortgage: 18,776 (1,786 second mortgage, 1,763 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,374

Topeka,KS index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $92,100 (it was $65,700 in 2000)

Topeka:	$92,100
Kansas:	$121,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $64,500 - $135,400

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $114,095
Here: $114,095
State: $157,252

Townhouses or other attached units: $102,934
Here: $102,934
State: $140,198

In 2-unit structures: $30,082
Here: $30,082
State: $121,931

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $95,000
Here: $95,000
State: $101,658

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $40,633
Here: $40,633
State: $102,831

Mobile homes: $19,839
Here: $19,839
State: $34,057

Median year house/condo built: 1961

Median year apartment built: 1969

Household type by relationship

Households: 117,991

In family households: 93,279 (22,223 male householders, 8,778 female householders)
22,310 spouses, 32,889 children (29,899 natural, 1,055 adopted, 1,935 stepchildren), 1,997 grandchildren, 808 brothers or sisters, 556 parents, 1,218 other relatives, 2,500 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 24,712 (9,024 male householders (7,395 living alone)), 12,118 female householders (10,791 living alone)), 3,570 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,054 (3,350 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 14,482 2-persons, 7,276 3-persons, 5,386 4-persons, 2,478 5-persons, 981 6-persons, 398 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,186 1-person, 2,611 2-persons, 246 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

16,861 married couples with children.
9,564 single-parent households (1,869 men, 7,695 women).

93.0% of residents of Topeka speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,017 (3.3%)
(35.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Topeka, Kansas:
	1 room: 29 2 rooms: 272 3 rooms: 891 4 rooms: 3,282 5 rooms: 7,885 6 rooms: 7,710 7 rooms: 5,399 8 rooms: 3,302 9 or more rooms: 2,993

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Topeka, Kansas:
	1 room: 827 2 rooms: 2,313 3 rooms: 4,580 4 rooms: 5,380 5 rooms: 4,039 6 rooms: 1,793 7 rooms: 855 8 rooms: 362 9 or more rooms: 318

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 587
1995 to 1998: 2,072
1990 to 1994: 2,871
1980 to 1989: 6,167
1970 to 1979: 9,153
1960 to 1969: 10,288
1950 to 1959: 9,923
1940 to 1949: 5,168
1939 or earlier: 10,252

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Topeka:
	no bedroom: 99 1 bedroom: 1,162 2 bedrooms: 8,755 3 bedrooms: 16,103 4 bedrooms: 4,878 5 or more bedrooms: 766

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Topeka:
	no bedroom: 1,158 1 bedroom: 7,235 2 bedrooms: 8,096 3 bedrooms: 3,323 4 bedrooms: 542 5 or more bedrooms: 113

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Topeka in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,202 1 vehicle: 10,380 2 vehicles: 14,498 3 vehicles: 4,314 4 vehicles: 1,068 5 or more vehicles: 301

Cars and other vehicles available in Topeka in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,499 1 vehicle: 11,350 2 vehicles: 4,720 3 vehicles: 706 4 vehicles: 104 5 or more vehicles: 88

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Topeka, KS:

Less than $10,000: 622
$10,000 to $14,999: 336
$15,000 to $19,999: 441
$20,000 to $24,999: 394
$25,000 to $29,999: 448
$30,000 to $34,999: 551
$35,000 to $39,999: 721
$40,000 to $49,999: 1806
$50,000 to $59,999: 2427
$60,000 to $69,999: 2634
$70,000 to $79,999: 2530
$80,000 to $89,999: 2543
$90,000 to $99,999: 2484
$100,000 to $124,999: 4876
$125,000 to $149,999: 3218
$150,000 to $174,999: 2041
$175,000 to $199,999: 1191
$200,000 to $249,999: 1387
$250,000 to $299,999: 515
$300,000 to $399,999: 476
$400,000 to $499,999: 142
$500,000 to $749,999: 107
$750,000 to $999,999: 50
$1,000,000 or more: 24

Topeka rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Topeka:

Less than $100: 623 people
$100 to $149: 426
$150 to $199: 552
$200 to $249: 756
$250 to $299: 1,164
$300 to $349: 1,794
$350 to $399: 2,441
$400 to $449: 2,899
$450 to $499: 2,771
$500 to $549: 2,204
$550 to $599: 1,309
$600 to $649: 882
$650 to $699: 691
$700 to $749: 466
$750 to $799: 348
$800 to $899: 451
$900 to $999: 213
$1,000 to $1,249: 286
$1,250 to $1,499: 192
$1,500 to $1,999: 259
$2,000 or more: 253
No cash rent: 602

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,360 1990 to 1994: 794 1985 to 1989: 483 1980 to 1984: 251 1975 to 1979: 279 1970 to 1974: 230 1970 to 1974: 128 1965 to 1969: 492

Topeka, KS Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,282 (2.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1844
5 to 9 minutes: 8760
10 to 14 minutes: 15329
15 to 19 minutes: 15754
20 to 24 minutes: 7878
25 to 29 minutes: 1290
30 to 34 minutes: 2891
35 to 39 minutes: 404
40 to 44 minutes: 325
45 to 59 minutes: 787
60 to 89 minutes: 1319
90 or more minutes: 449

Topeka mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 47,915 (82%)
Carpooled: 7,040 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 678 (1%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 85 (0%)
Motorcycle: 40 (0%)
Bicycle: 65 (0%)
Walked: 886 (2%)
Other means: 315 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,282 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5297
$10,000 to $14,999: 3929
$15,000 to $19,999: 3895
$20,000 to $24,999: 4230
$25,000 to $29,999: 4075
$30,000 to $34,999: 3926
$35,000 to $39,999: 3595
$40,000 to $44,999: 3451
$45,000 to $49,999: 2629
$50,000 to $59,999: 4781
$60,000 to $74,999: 5094
$75,000 to $99,999: 3864
$100,000 to $124,999: 1765
$125,000 to $149,999: 648
$150,000 to $199,999: 479
$200,000 or more: 485

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 26688

German: 22510

English: 9154

United States or American: 8493

Irish: 7861

French (except Basque): 2083

Swedish: 2081

Scotch-Irish: 2042

Italian: 1478

Scottish: 1426

European: 1205

Dutch: 1160

Norwegian: 958

Polish: 826

Subsaharan African:: 768

African: 689

Welsh: 593

French Canadian: 460

Danish: 397

Czech: 373

Swiss: 360

British: 247

Russian: 216

Arab:: 208

Czechoslovakian: 173

Hungarian: 148

Scandinavian: 124

Canadian: 114

Belgian: 114

Pennsylvania German: 82

Croatian: 79

Jordanian: 68

Finnish: 67

Celtic: 66

German Russian: 65

Austrian: 64

Romanian: 57

Greek: 50

Other Arab: 46

Armenian: 42

Lithuanian: 39

Slavic: 37

Northern European: 35

Arab/Arabic: 34

Portuguese: 34

Nigerian: 31

Lebanese: 29

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 27

Ukrainian: 25

Other Subsaharan African: 25

Slovak: 21

Syrian: 18

Basque: 15

Ghanian: 13

Serbian: 12

Other West Indian: 12

Jamaican: 11

Iranian: 9

Bulgarian: 8

Luxemburger: 7

Latvian: 7

Australian: 7

Palestinian: 7

Slovene: 6

Kenyan: 6

Egyptian: 6

Guyanese: 4

Eastern European: 4

Zairian: 4

Barbadian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (52%)
Canada (4%)
India (4%)
Germany (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Philippines (3%)
Bangladesh (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 82850
Northeast: 2705
Midwest: 15124
South: 10178
West: 6227

51% of Topeka residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Kansas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 405
Nursery to 4th grade: 67
5th and 6th grade: 332
7th and 8th grade: 1,055
9th grade: 698
10th grade: 810
11th grade: 783
12th grade, no diploma: 1,255
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,743
Less than 1 year of college: 2,908
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,743
Associate degree: 1,393
Bachelor's degree: 6,494
Master's degree: 2,108
Professional school degree: 1,043
Doctorate degree: 550

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 333
Nursery to 4th grade: 71
5th and 6th grade: 205
7th and 8th grade: 1,183
9th grade: 926
10th grade: 993
11th grade: 884
12th grade, no diploma: 1,278
High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,876
Less than 1 year of college: 3,890
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,219
Associate degree: 1,819
Bachelor's degree: 6,723
Master's degree: 2,489
Professional school degree: 597
Doctorate degree: 253

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 13.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $44,664
Black householders: $29,502
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $43,943
Asian householders: $61,932
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $145,329
Some other race householders: $25,444
Two or more races householders: $26,661
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $25,272

Topeka household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Topeka household income for Black householders

Topeka household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Topeka household income for Some other race householders

Topeka household income for Two or more races householders

Topeka household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Topeka marital status for males

Topeka marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $99,950
Black or African American householders: $78,081
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $99,109
Asian householders: $131,351
Some other race householders: $60,278
Two or more races householders: $75,558
Hispanic or Latino householders: $66,166

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 36,290
One, attached: 2,470
Two: 1,704
3 or 4: 2,666
5 to 9: 2,783
10 to 19: 2,586
20 to 49: 2,616
50 or more: 3,109
Mobile homes: 2,257

Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Topeka:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (88%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (55%) Electricity (43%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,930

Here:	14.9%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 541

Here:	8.7%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,239

Here:	22.6%
Kansas:	13.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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