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De Soto, KS

6,160 Population
11.3 square miles 547.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$39,386 ±$6,078 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,175 ±$406
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$92,889 ±$37,118 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,299 ±$660
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

7% ±4.5% (430  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.8% 210,649 (±0.3% / ±6,396)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

28.6 minutes ±6 (74,315  ±18,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

2,257 ±206 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 858,836 ±2,957
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.7 ±0.3 (6,121  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,147,576 (±0 / ±1,194)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

7.5% ±4.9% (118  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,624 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

2,313 ±225 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 931,572 ±798
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$279,900 ±$60,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $211,900 ±$1,497
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

15% ±7.1% (912  ±430.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.6% 314,475 (±0.3% / ±6,582.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

88.9% ±12.2% (3,384  ±535.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.7% 1,366,480 (±0.6% / ±9,093.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
36.9% ±7.7% (1,404  ±311.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38% 560,261 (±0.4% / ±5,592.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

4.3% ±3% (267  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 148,550 (±0.2% / ±3,900)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

9.3% ±4% (380  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.4% 120,931 (±0.1% / ±2,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
380 Total veterans ±167 380 Male ±167 N/A Female ±15

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