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. Tonganoxie has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Tonganoxie, where the median household income is $71,333.00.Tonganoxie is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Tonganoxie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.96 minutes every day commuting to work. Tonganoxie is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Tonganoxie is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
