Population

69,848

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$359,700

Owner-occupied units

Shawnee, KS

Kansas · 39.017° N, 94.806° W · 42 sq mi

Shawnee is a city in Kansas, with a population of 69,848 and about 1,664 residents per square mile. The median household earns $109,940 a year, and the median home is worth $359,700.

Conditions

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

42 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

1,664

People per square mile

Rank by population

#592

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#307

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$109,940

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,322

Per month

Homeownership

73.7%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

22.3 min

One way

People

Median age

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

53.1%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

8.5%

Households

26,695

2.55 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 22.2^%

Professional & business services 15.3^%

Retail trade 10.1^%

Finance, insurance & real estate 9.7^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Kansas

Name

Charles Koch & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$67.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Wichita

Source of wealth

Koch, Inc.

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Kansas · private sector

Employer

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Sector

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Largest public company in Kansas

Company

Seaboard Corporation

Revenue

$9.1B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Merriam

Ticker

SEB

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Kansas

State bird

Western Meadowlark

State flower

Wild Native Sunflower

State capital

Topeka

Nickname

The Sunflower State

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