What is the population of Shawnee city?

Shawnee city has 68,175 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Shawnee city?

Median household income in Shawnee city is $106,312 a year, 35.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shawnee city?

Median gross rent is $1,233 a month and the median home value is $332,900, so rent absorbs about 13.9% of median household income.

Is Shawnee city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shawnee city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shawnee, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shawnee, Kansas (Shawnee, KS — Census place “Shawnee city”) is 68,175 residents, ranking #7 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $106,312, the median home is worth $332,900 and median gross rent runs $1,233 a month. Looking for the Shawnee Kansas ZIP code list? 7 ZIP codes serve Shawnee, KS: 66203, 66214, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66226, 66227.

Population: 68,175Shawnee city residents
Median household income: $106,312Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $332,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,233Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.9%Owner-occupied households

Shawnee ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shawnee.

The Shawnee KS ZIP code list below covers 7 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Shawnee city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shawnee city median would spend about 13.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 73.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Shawnee city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shawnee city is a small city in Kansas, with 68,175 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #7 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 99% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Shawnee city earn a median of $106,312 a year, 35.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 67% above the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shawnee city is valued at $332,900, 9.7% above the national figure and 154% above the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,233 a month, 12.3% below the national figure, or roughly $14,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Shawnee city?: Shawnee city has 68,175 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Shawnee city?: Median household income in Shawnee city is $106,312 a year, 35.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shawnee city?: Median gross rent is $1,233 a month and the median home value is $332,900, so rent absorbs about 13.9% of median household income.
Is Shawnee city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shawnee city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Shawnee city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.