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Population (year 2000): 2,728. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,774 (+38.3% change)
Males: 1,306 (47.9%), Females: 1,422 (52.1%)
Leavenworth County
Zip code:
66086
Median resident age: 32.2 years
Median household income: $44,278 (year 2000)
Median house value: $93,700 (year 2000)
Races in Tonganoxie:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.7%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Black (1.2%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (21.5%), Irish (18.5%),
United States (14.4%), English (11.1%), French (3.5%), Italian
(2.5%).
Elevation: 853 feet
Land area: 3.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Tonganoxie
- High school or higher: 88.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Tonganoxie city
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 61.7%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 9.9%
2.9% Foreign born (1.9% Latin America, 0.9%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +263 (+10.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Tonganoxie:
- LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
LAWRENCE, KS)
- CUSHING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
LEAVENWORTH, KS)
- SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; LEAVENWORTH,
KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Tonganoxie:
- KANSAS CITY INTL (about 30 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO;
ID: MCI)
- CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN (about 35 miles; KANSAS
CITY, MO; ID: MKC)
- FORBES FIELD (about 41 miles; TOPEKA, KS; ID: FOE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tonganoxie:
- LAWRENCE MUNI (about 11 miles; LAWRENCE, KS; ID:
LWC)
- CEDAR AIR PARK (about 20 miles; OLATHE, KS; ID: 51K)
- VINLAND VALLEY AERODROME (about 20 miles; BALDWIN
CITY, KS; ID: K64)
Amtrak station near Tonganoxie:
- 14 miles: LAWRENCE (413 E. 7TH ST.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Tonganoxie:
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 17 miles;
LAWRENCE, KS; Full-time enrollment: 22,506)
- KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23
miles; KANSAS CITY, KS; FT enrollment: 2,837)
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles;
KANSAS CITY, KS; FT enrollment: 2,168)
- PARK UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; PARKVILLE, MO; FT
enrollment: 4,180)
- JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles;
OVERLAND PARK, KS; FT enrollment: 8,857)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (about 35 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,259)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY (about 36 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 8,830)
Public high school in Tonganoxie:
- TONGANOXIE HIGH (Students: 368; Location: 404
E 24/40 HWY; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Tonganoxie:
- TONGANOXIE ELEM (Students: 801; Location: 304
SHAWNEE; Grades: KG - 06)
- TONGANOXIE JR HIGH (Students: 386; Location:
300 E 24/40 HWY; Grades: 07 - 09)
Library in Tonganoxie:
- TONGANOXIE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$128,971; Location: 303 BURY ST. P.O.BOX 890; 18,414
books; 321 audio materials; 890 video materials; 52
serial subscriptions)
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