Wamego is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 4,880 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wamego is the 69th largest community in Kansas.Wamego is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wamego is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wamego who work in management occupations (9.59%), business and financial occupations (9.26%), and office and administrative support (8.73%). Also of interest is that Wamego 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 Wamego telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.44% 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. Wamego 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 education level of Wamego ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Wamego, 45.40% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Wamego in 2022 was $39,160, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,640 for a family of four. However, Wamego contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wamego is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wamego home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wamego residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wamego include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Wamego is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
