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Topeka city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Topeka city is a Census city of 125,786 people across 61.90 square miles of land, in Shawnee County. Median household income is $56,956, 59.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 102 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $44.4 m.
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Topeka
What Topeka is
- Census place typecity
- Land area61.9 sq mi
- Water area1.32 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,032
- County holding the largest share of its areaShawnee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Topeka
How many people live in Topeka
- Population125,786
- Median age38.0
- Population under 1828,176
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over23,158
- Share 65 and over18.4 percent
- Households54,837
- Family households29,683
- Share of households that are families54.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Topeka
Income and work in Topeka
- Median household income$56,956
- Per capita income$34,089
- Civilian labor force61,384
- Employed58,366
- Unemployed3,018
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over84,954
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Topeka
Housing in Topeka
- Housing units59,868
- Occupied units54,837
- Vacant units5,031
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent
- Owner occupied32,342
- Renter occupied22,495
- Ownership rate59.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$144,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$979
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent
- Single family units41,526
- Share single family69.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16,148
- Share in buildings of two or more27.0 percent
- Mobile homes2,099
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Topeka
How Topeka gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute51,241
- Commuting under 15 minutes25,039
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,363
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.4 percent
- Drove alone75.5 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home10.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Topeka
SBA loans in Topeka (7(a))
- Approvals102
- Gross approval$44,444,400
- Average approval$435,729
- Median approval$260,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,335
- Jobs per approval13.1
- Loans with a final outcome34
- Paid in full31
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.7 percent
- Share to franchises9.8 percent
- Distinct lenders36
- Distinct industries by NAICS54
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Topeka
SBA loans in Topeka (504)
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$38,853,000
- Average approval$626,661
- Median approval$355,000
- Largest approval$3,333,000
- Jobs supported818
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Shawnee County, not Topeka
Shawnee County context, not Topeka figures
These are Shawnee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Topeka measurements.
- Establishments in Shawnee County3,959
- Employment at those establishments, Shawnee County77,340
- Covered employment, Shawnee County99,247
- Average annual pay, Shawnee County$60,096
- Average weekly wage, Shawnee County$1,156
- Housing units permitted, Shawnee County218
- Of those, single family, Shawnee County153
- County product, 2024, Shawnee County$14,583,646,000
- County product change over the prior year, Shawnee County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Shawnee County$53,508
Every figure in this section is published for Shawnee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Topeka. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Topeka questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Topeka, Kansas?
125,786, in 54,837 households. Topeka city covers 61.90 square miles of land, which is 2,032 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Topeka in?
Shawnee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Topeka?
$56,956. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $144,200. Median gross rent is $979 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Topeka businesses?
102 7(a) approvals totalling $44.4 m, across 36 lenders, median approval $260,000, plus 62 504 approvals worth $38.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Topeka, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Topeka borrowers get paid back?
Of the 34 loans that have reached a final outcome, 31 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Topeka figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Shawnee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Topeka.
Is zoning published for Topeka?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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