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Lenexa, KS

56,755 Population
34.1 square miles 1,665.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$52,149 ±$2,765 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,175 ±$406
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$96,477 ±$4,255 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,299 ±$660
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

5.1% ±1.2% (2,872  ±680) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.8% 210,649 (±0.3% / ±6,396)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

20.3 minutes ±0.6 (555,610  ±24,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

23,657 ±640 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 858,836 ±2,957
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.4 ±0.1 (56,388  ±154) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,147,576 (±0 / ±1,194)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

6.5% ±1.3% (886  ±182) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,624 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

25,138 ±613 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 931,572 ±798
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$299,400 ±$7,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $211,900 ±$1,497
  • nearly double the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

16.1% ±1.8% (8,985  ±978.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.6% 314,475 (±0.3% / ±6,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

96.6% ±3.3% (38,217  ±1,510.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.7% 1,366,480 (±0.6% / ±9,093.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
56.5% ±2.4% (22,363  ±1,039.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38% 560,261 (±0.4% / ±5,592.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

8.1% ±1.1% (4,612  ±613) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 148,550 (±0.2% / ±3,900)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

5.7% ±1% (2,535  ±429) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.4% 120,931 (±0.1% / ±2,225)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
2,535 Total veterans ±429 2,412 Male ±400 123 Female ±74

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