• Home to the Kansas National Guard / 190^th Air Refueling Wing with its skilled workforce as part of a 200,000 strong labor force within minutes of any Topeka location.
• Centrally located in the United States with major interstate highways and rail lines for ease of logistics / transport. Additionally, Topeka is in close proximity to Kansas City (50 mins drive) and Wichita (90 mins drive) airports for domestic and international travel.
• Forbes Field / Topeka Metropolitan Airport with expansive ramp & apron & acreage for customized facilities development.
• Unencumbered airspace with fewer than 30,000 operations a year.
• Industry oriented permitting and construction environment to facilitate quick access by industry
• Topeka is less than an hour’s drive to the University of Kansas and Kansas State University, major universities with engineering and technical programs relating to aerospace and defense.
•  An hour from Fort Riley US Army Base.
• 96 military occupations within Geary, Riley and Shawnee Counties.

City of Topeka: 58 sq miles (150 sq km)

Shawnee County: 552 sq miles (1430 sq km)

Air: Less than one hour drive to Kansas City International Airport.

Rail: Access to both Union Pacific and BNSF Railway.

Highway: Topeka is situated at the crossroads of several major highways and interstates, six of which converge in Topeka, providing easy access to on and off ramps and to all points in the city. I-70 interstate travels west from Topeka into Colorado.

MSA* (5 counties): 232,778
City of Topeka: 126,397
Shawnee County: 177,852
State of Kansas: 2,910,652

*Metropolitan Statistical Area:
Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Wabaunsee and Osage
Counties Source: 2019 ACS 5-year Estimates

State Corporate Income Tax Rate……………..4% (top tax rate)
US Average…………………………………………….5.95%

Kansas State……………………………. 98.2
National State Average…………….. 107.3
Shawnee County……………………… 94.4
National County Average…………. 100.00