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Topeka, KS
Kansas · Shawnee County · Topeka Metro
Topeka is a large city in Kansas with a population of 126,103. Residents earn $55,902 per year, which is 26% below the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
Good
126,103
Population
2,037/sq mi density
$55,902
Median Income
$33,290 per capita
$130,600
Home Value
$186,856 Zillow
$947
Median Rent
26.8% income on rent
58°F
Avg Temperature
301 sunny days/yr
712
Violent Crime/100K
4,991 property/100K
B
Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$55,902 median income, 3.0% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$130,600 home value, $947/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
712 violent crimes/100K (87% above avg)
B
Education
3.3 / 5.0
29.1% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Topeka
UFO Sightings
35
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
3
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Bigfoot Sightings
2
Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Topeka, KS
35 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Topeka, KS.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Topeka, KS | 2012 | Luminous Flourescent Green Flying Cross |
| Topeka, KS | 2012 | Shadow like v shape no lights about no more then 1000 and 1500 ft. in the sky |
| Topeka, KS | 2012 | Very strange red fireballs |
| Topeka, KS | 2011 | Bright, fast moving object over my head became even brighter before blinking out |
| Topeka, KS | 2011 | I stepped out of the garage at about 4:15 or maybe 4:30 am, into my three acre heavily |
| Topeka, KS | 2011 | A triangle shape object flew across the sky while I was taking my dog outside. |
| Topeka, KS | 2011 | Two different air-ships that traveled through a city and traveling so low and making no noise at all. |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | bright star like light, moves unlike nothing ive ever heard about |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | Two orange objects, side by side moving south over Topeka, Ks |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | Orange object of July 4, 2010, in Topeka, Kansas |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | Fireball that simply vanished |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | Object lights up sky then large fireball |
| Topeka, KS | 2010 | Stationary, cylindrical object with white flashing lights |
| Topeka, KS | 2009 | One or several bright lights seen over Topeka, KS flashing, streaking and disappearing in the sky. |
| Topeka, KS | 2009 | strange object in the sky |
| Topeka, KS | 2008 | Yellow, very fast, moved across sky from south to north then disappeared. |
| Topeka, KS | 2008 | It was shaoped like an oval. |
| Topeka, KS | 2007 | Not a real believer, but what were those lights. |
| Topeka, KS | 2007 | I noticed a bright light that seemed to be following at a fixed distance. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of NUFORC? PD)) |
| Topeka, KS | 2006 | The object dived into the ground. ((NUFORC Note: We wonder whether this is a serious report. PD)) |
| Topeka, KS | 2006 | Double aqua green corner cap lights to narrow triangle, brief sighting - but I know what I saw. |
| Topeka, KS | 2006 | It appeared to be a quickly moving star... |
| Topeka, KS | 2005 | It just all of a sudden came across the sky. It was bright blue with a yellow to orange color tail. It shot across the sky then just di |
| Topeka, KS | 2005 | Stationary light, quickly moving away |
| Topeka, KS | 2004 | the object spun, wobbled, and flipped over and over as it went across the sky. |
| Topeka, KS | 2004 | On May 14, 2004, I saw a black, disk shped craft come out of a cloud bank and fly low over a park and a shopping center in Topeka, KS. |
| Topeka, KS | 2004 | 'X' shaped, fairly slow moving, quiet aircraft. Totally unlike anything I have ever seen. |
| Topeka, KS | 2004 | Bright cylinder seen flying over Topeka during storm. |
| Topeka, KS | 2003 | I was driving north and saw a silver disc in the northern sky. |
| Topeka, KS | 2002 | Whitest flash of Light I've ever seen |
| Topeka, KS | 2002 | I saw a flashing aircraft of some sort traveling very rapidly from west to east to the north of topeka ks. |
| Topeka, KS | 2002 | Me and my husband saw a triangular UFO very closely in KS. It was losing control, then regained and took off. |
| Topeka, KS | 1993 | I saw a triangular UFO with three lights on it one evening in 1993. |
| Topeka, KS | 1993 | after almost causing a helicoptor to crash,a silvery disk-shaped object tracks my car and follows me home and allows us to view it for |
| Topeka, KS | 1977 | it was changing colors, like most of the rainbow colors, not flashing just changing but the intensity ... same. |