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Kansas City, KS

149,918 Population
124.7 square miles 1,201.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$28,847 ±$2,362 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $43,678 ±$619
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$60,739 ±$4,077 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $79,842 ±$1,667
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

17.4% ±3% (25,881  ±4,583) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9% 197,816 (±0.6% / ±12,823)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

21.7 minutes ±0.5 (1,421,965  ±43,380) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.4 22,549,460 (±0.2 / ±203,473)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

57,487 ±1,938 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 906,504 ±4,974
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.6 ±0.1 (148,692  ±4,218) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,190,262 (±0 / ±2,013)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,853,521 (±,467.5 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±2.3% (1,848  ±809) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 27,052 (±0.7% / ±3,526)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

64,260 ±1,131 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 969,534 ±725
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$169,300 ±$11,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $289,200 ±$3,561
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

11.9% ±2.9% (17,619  ±4,328.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12.1% 265,065 (±0.6% / ±13,707.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

81.2% ±4.4% (78,041  ±4,579.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,416,985 (±1.2% / ±17,843.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
20.2% ±2.2% (19,441  ±2,183.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.8% 620,386 (±0.7% / ±11,051.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.5% ±1.6% (29,159  ±2,484) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,505 (±0.4% / ±8,062)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,421 (±1,332.7% / ±6,739)

5.2% ±0.9% (5,697  ±1,025) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.6% 111,061 (±0.3% / ±4,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
5,697 Total veterans ±1,025 5,182 Male ±1,014 515 Female ±311

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