2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Eaton, CO vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Household income in Topeka, is 46% less than it is in Eaton and is 36% below the National Average.
- Eaton unemployment rate is 6.9%.
- Topeka unemployment rate is 3.9%.
 Eaton, COTopeka, KSUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.9%3.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth4.1%-0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth50.1%23.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.9%9.2%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.6%5.7%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$37,796$29,755$37,638
 Household Income$93,493$50,870$69,021
 Family Median Income$96,357$68,331$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Eaton, COTopeka, KSUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K3.0%11.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.8%5.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.0%11.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K2.0%10.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K2.1%11.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.7%8.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.1%10.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K27.0%11.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K27.3%14.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.1%3.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.9%2.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Eaton, COTopeka, KSUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.0%12.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.8%5.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%2.5%1.8%
 Legal2.0%1.2%1.2%
 Education, library6.8%6.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.4%1.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.7%7.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support0.4%4.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%2.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving11.2%6.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance7.1%3.7%3.6%
 Personal care0.7%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.8%21.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.7%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair15.6%7.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.1%14.7%13.1%
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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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