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Roeland Park, KS

6,747 Population
1.6 square miles 4,164.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,234 ±$3,474 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $36,728 ±$255
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$73,786 ±$8,457 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $69,240 ±$604
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

12.3% ±4.1% (831  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.9% 208,478 (±0.3% / ±5,714)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

20.9 minutes ±2.4 (75,140  ±11,051) 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

3,144 ±184 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 843,359 ±2,793
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.1 ±0.1 (6,742  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 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)

4.6% ±2.6% (96  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,012 (±0.2% / ±1,163)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

3,309 ±184 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 918,223 ±758
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$194,800 ±$10,692 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $196,000 ±$1,315
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

17.8% ±5% (1,186  ±332.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.8% 313,976 (±0.3% / ±7,036)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

97.4% ±7.3% (4,641  ±414.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
54.7% ±5.6% (2,607  ±293.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.5% 543,928 (±0.3% / ±4,967.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

9.3% ±3.7% (628  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 146,574 (±0.2% / ±3,504)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

4.8% ±2.1% (258  ±116) 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)
258 Total veterans ±116 232 Male ±115 26 Female ±27

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