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Wichita, KS
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Living in Wichita


Wichita is a large city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 400,991 people and 113 associated neighborhoods, Wichita is the largest community in Kansas.

Also of interest is that Wichita 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 Wichita telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.70% 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.

One thing noticeable about Wichita, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Wichita is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Wichita a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Wichita is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

In terms of college education, Wichita is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.09% of adults in Wichita have a college degree.

The per capita income in Wichita in 2022 was $36,960, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,840 for a family of four. However, Wichita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wichita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wichita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wichita residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wichita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wichita include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Wichita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.