Kansas · Census place 2070800

Tonganoxie, Kansas

Tonganoxie is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas with an estimated 6,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,195
#57 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+10.8%
+605 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,526 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Tonganoxie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Tonganoxie population, 2020 to 2024

Tonganoxie added 605 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +72. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Tonganoxie is 54% of it.

5,59020205,73320215,84920226,12320236,1952024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,567. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tonganoxie covers 4.06 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,526 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Tonganoxie is close to the typical town.

What county Tonganoxie is in

All of Tonganoxie's residents live in Leavenworth County, which had 84,670 residents in 2024. Tonganoxie holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tonganoxie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tonganoxie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66086. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Tonganoxie is

The Census internal point of Tonganoxie is at 39.107900, -95.079100. Topeka, the capital, is 32.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Basehor, KS (7,996 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.107900, -95.079100
DMS
39°06'28.44"N 95°04'44.76"W
UTM
15N 320232.7E 4330808.3N
Geohash
9yuqkrms0
Plus code
86F64W5C+59

Daylight in Tonganoxie

At 39.11° N, Tonganoxie gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tonganoxie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Basehor, 8.3 miles away, with 7,996 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tonganoxie, KS?

6,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 605 (10.8%) from 5,590 in July 2020.

What county is Tonganoxie in?

Leavenworth County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Tonganoxie?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66086.

How far is Tonganoxie from Topeka?

32.4 miles (52.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tonganoxie.

What is the nearest larger city to Tonganoxie?

Basehor, KS, with 7,996 residents, 8.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.