Wamego is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 4,880 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wamego is the 69th largest community in Kansas.

Also of interest is that Wamego has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Being a small city, Wamego does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Wamego are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.40% of adults in Wamego have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wamego in 2018 was $39,160, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,640 for a family of four. However, Wamego contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wamego is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wamego home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wamego residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wamego include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish.

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