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Prairie Village, KS

22,255 Population
6.2 square miles 3,583.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,192 ±$2,880 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $36,728 ±$255
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$88,196 ±$5,978 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $69,240 ±$604
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

4% ±1.1% (873  ±239) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.9% 208,478 (±0.3% / ±5,714)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

20.3 minutes ±0.8 (208,415  ±13,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,461,245 (±0.1 / ±189,331)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

9,955 ±304 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 843,359 ±2,793
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.2 ±0.1 (22,148  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,113,706 (±0 / ±1,134)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

6.6% ±2.1% (354  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,012 (±0.2% / ±1,163)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

10,417 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 918,223 ±758
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$316,800 ±$10,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $196,000 ±$1,315
  • about double the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

15% ±2.5% (3,280  ±545.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.8% 313,976 (±0.3% / ±7,036)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

98.8% ±3.9% (15,891  ±736.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.5% 1,342,882 (±0.6% / ±8,203.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
72.1% ±3.5% (11,595  ±624.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.5% 543,928 (±0.3% / ±4,967.2)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

2.6% ±0.7% (570  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 146,574 (±0.2% / ±3,504)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

4.5% ±0.8% (788  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.6% 123,424 (±0.1% / ±2,152)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
788 Total veterans ±140 746 Male ±133 42 Female ±34

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