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Kansas City, KS

157,450 Population
124.7 square miles 1,262.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$29,622 ±$1,918 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,790 ±$693
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
$63,917 ±$5,120 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,785 ±$1,719
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996

14.1% ±2.9% (21,943  ±4,586) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10.1% 224,212 (±0.8% / ±16,685)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)

23.5 minutes ±1.7 (1,690,900  ±150,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.7 23,701,690 (±0.3 / ±458,406)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)

Families

57,886 ±1,885 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 914,522 ±5,345
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
2.7 ±0.1 (156,279  ±2,649) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,224,701 (±0 / ±2,722)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876

6.8% ±3% (2,546  ±1,119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 29,274 (±0.6% / ±3,374)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)

Housing

63,903 ±1,217 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 978,202 ±943
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918

$192,800 ±$14,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $314,300 ±$4,209
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937

12.3% ±2.7% (19,096  ±4,168.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12% 267,806 (±0.7% / ±15,244.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)

Social

80% ±4.7% (78,063  ±4,851.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,438,559 (±1.3% / ±19,629.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
21% ±2.2% (20,469  ±2,178.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.7% 629,738 (±0.8% / ±12,533.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)

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

19.6% ±2.2% (30,885  ±3,540) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 180,745 (±0.4% / ±9,373)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485

5% ±0.9% (5,661  ±1,062) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% 109,779 (±0.3% / ±4,786)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
5,661 Total veterans ±1,062 5,107 Male ±976 554 Female ±319

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