Demographics of Topeka city, Kansas

Topeka city, Kansas had 125,795 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −632 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Topeka city, in four figures

125,795
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 125,786 ±71.; −0.5%
Change since July 2020: −632 people.; 38.0 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $56,956 ±$1,954
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Topeka city, Kansas's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Topeka city, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Topeka city, Kansas's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Topeka city, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	126,427	100.0	100.0
2021	126,179	99.8	100.2
2022	125,481	99.3	100.7
2023	125,509	99.3	101.6
2024	125,677	99.4	102.5
2025	125,795	99.5	103.1

Population of Topeka city, Kansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	126,427	—
2021	126,179	−248
2022	125,481	−698
2023	125,509	+28
2024	125,677	+168
2025	125,795	+118

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.0 ±0.5: for men 37.2 ±0.7 and for women 38.6 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Topeka city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	7,348 ±358	5.8% ±0.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	20,828 ±866	16.6% ±0.7	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	12,656 ±694	10.1% ±0.6	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	32,610 ±943	25.9% ±0.7	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	29,186 ±1,009	23.2% ±0.8	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	23,158 ±1,122	18.4% ±0.9	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $56,956 ±$1,954, and income per person $34,089 ±$854, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,275 ±$475 in Kansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Topeka city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	10,634 ±813	19.4% ±1.5	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	12,902 ±1,003	23.5% ±1.8	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	10,441 ±825	19.0% ±1.5	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	7,244 ±746	13.2% ±1.3	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	7,807 ±720	14.2% ±1.3	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,939 ±442	5.4% ±0.8	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,870 ±374	5.2% ±0.7	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Topeka city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	19,123 ±1,388	15.7% ±1.1	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	4,870 ±671	17.6% ±2.3	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	10,065 ±958	15.9% ±1.5	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,188 ±474	13.6% ±1.4	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Topeka city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Topeka city	Kansas	United States
Housing units	59,868 ±487	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.6% ±0.9	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	8.4% ±0.9	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.0% ±1.6	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.0% ±1.6	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$144,200 ±$6,002	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$979 ±$32	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1967 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Topeka city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	21,304 ±740	16.9% ±0.6	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	81,862 ±1,234	65.1% ±1.0	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	10,713 ±941	8.5% ±0.7	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,937 ±299	1.5% ±0.2	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	451 ±168	0.4% ±0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	148 ±49	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	733 ±328	0.6% ±0.3	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	8,638 ±1,005	6.9% ±0.8	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Topeka city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	86,786 ±1,387	69.0% ±1.1	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	31,061 ±1,348	24.7% ±1.1	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,507 ±413	1.2% ±0.3	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6,432 ±813	5.1% ±0.6	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,069 ±359	1.6% ±0.3	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,363 ±796	3.5% ±0.6	4.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Topeka city among the places of Kansas

5th of 65 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Places of Kansas near Topeka city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Wichita city	397,945 ±97
Overland Park city	200,306 ±98
Kansas City city	155,135 ±39
Olathe city	145,057 ±105
Topeka city	125,786 ±71
Lawrence city	96,051 ±50
Shawnee city	68,542 ±67
Lenexa city	58,384 ±58
Manhattan city	54,239 ±52
Salina city	46,307 ±26

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Topeka city, Kansas

Rankings this appears in

No. 5 Places in Kansas by poverty rate
No. 9 Places in Kansas by median age
No. 12 Places in Kansas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 17 Places in Kansas by foreign-born share
No. 23 Places in Kansas by per capita income
No. 27 Places in Kansas by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026