2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Forney, TX vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Household income in Topeka, is 46% less than it is in Forney and is 36% below the National Average.
- Forney unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- Topeka unemployment rate is 3.9%.
 Forney, TXTopeka, KSUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.3%3.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.2%-0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth49.1%23.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%9.2%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%5.7%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$33,861$29,755$37,638
 Household Income$93,803$50,870$69,021
 Family Median Income$112,157$68,331$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Forney, TXTopeka, KSUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.1%11.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.3%5.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.9%11.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.2%10.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%11.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.9%8.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.5%10.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.8%11.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K31.6%14.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.4%3.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.4%2.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Forney, TXTopeka, KSUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.9%12.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.5%5.6%6.5%
 Community, social services0.3%2.5%1.8%
 Legal1.3%1.2%1.2%
 Education, library8.7%6.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.0%1.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology10.6%7.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%4.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.2%2.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.8%6.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.3%3.7%3.6%
 Personal care1.8%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.0%21.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.6%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.1%7.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.5%14.7%13.1%
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Loretta Lynn says that in  More

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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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