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Lenexa, KS

57,986 Population
34.1 square miles 1,701.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$55,993 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $44,205 ±$449
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$102,344 ±$5,344 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $81,927 ±$676
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.8% ±1.1% (3,308  ±616) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,501 (±0.3% / ±6,069)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.8 minutes ±0.5 (522,610  ±26,296) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 22,034,824 (±0.2 / ±195,439)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

24,476 ±645 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 882,252 ±2,661
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.1 (57,518  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,320 (±0 / ±397)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.7% ±1.4% (805  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 28,125 (±0.3% / ±1,274)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

25,593 ±683 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 950,404 ±521
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$368,800 ±$7,666 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $265,400 ±$1,712
  • nearly double the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

15.5% ±1.7% (8,847  ±996.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.7% 298,865 (±0.3% / ±6,935.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97.3% ±3.2% (39,039  ±1,526.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.1% 1,393,401 (±0.6% / ±8,642.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
56.8% ±2.3% (22,780  ±1,052.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.2% 586,403 (±0.4% / ±5,576.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

8.3% ±1.3% (4,814  ±754) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.2% 157,554
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.7% ±0.9% (2,583  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7% 115,953 (±0.1% / ±1,885)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
2,583 Total veterans ±402 2,413 Male ±389 170 Female ±90

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