Area data
Topeka, KS — ZIP 66621
Population: 442 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 407.6 (+4.2% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 90.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 14.6¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $14.80/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- iceStorm, winterWeather, lightning, tornado, coldWave
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 39.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 45
- Days with Good air quality
- 246
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park (5 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Philip Billard Municipal Airport (TOP) (8 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Philip Billard Municipal Airport (TOP) (8 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 10
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.6 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 32
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.3 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 78,906
- Average weekly wage
- $1,106
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 153
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