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Kansas City, MO

516,045 Population
314.5 square miles 1,640.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±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 Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,380 ±$1,505 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,790 ±$693
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,958 ±$3,137 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,785 ±$1,719
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.7% ±2% (79,805  ±10,357) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 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 Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.8 minutes ±0.7 (5,033,910  ±231,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.7 23,701,690 (±0.3 / ±458,406)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

222,248 ±4,314 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 914,522 ±5,345
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (507,555  ±138) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,224,701 (±0 / ±2,722)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±1.3% (6,898  ±1,755) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 29,274 (±0.6% / ±3,374)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

246,544 ±4,500 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 978,202 ±943
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$261,600 ±$8,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $314,300 ±$4,209
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.2% ±1.5% (72,571  ±7,663.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12% 267,806 (±0.7% / ±15,244.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.9% ±2.7% (320,730  ±10,543) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,438,559 (±1.3% / ±19,629.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.1% ±1.8% (136,458  ±6,621) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.7% 629,738 (±0.8% / ±12,533.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.2% ±1.4% (52,456  ±7,452) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 180,745 (±0.4% / ±9,373)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±0.7% (23,164  ±2,632) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% 109,779 (±0.3% / ±4,786)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
23,164 Total veterans ±2,632 21,399 Male ±2,667 1,765 Female ±676

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