Tonganoxie is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 5,850 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tonganoxie is the 63rd largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Tonganoxie was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Tonganoxie economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Tonganoxie, where the median household income is $71,333.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tonganoxie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tonganoxie is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tonganoxie who work in sales jobs (18.63%), office and administrative support (9.24%), and management occupations (8.28%). Also of interest is that Tonganoxie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Tonganoxie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Tonganoxie, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.96 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Tonganoxie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Tonganoxie citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.25% of adults in Tonganoxie have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Tonganoxie in 2022 was $32,323, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,292 for a family of four. However, Tonganoxie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tonganoxie is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tonganoxie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tonganoxie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tonganoxie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tonganoxie include Irish, German, English, French, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Tonganoxie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
