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Kansas City, MO

510,671 Population
314.7 square miles 1,622.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$41,887 ±$1,433 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $43,678 ±$619
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$65,225 ±$1,990 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $79,842 ±$1,667
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

13% ±1.5% (65,480  ±7,517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9% 197,816 (±0.6% / ±12,823)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

22 minutes ±0.3 (5,062,215  ±88,526) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.4 22,549,460 (±0.2 / ±203,473)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

227,773 ±4,381 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 906,504 ±4,974
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
2.2 ±0 (502,424  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,190,262 (±0 / ±2,013)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 † 6,033,157 (±,217.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±1.4% (6,423  ±1,864) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 27,052 (±0.7% / ±3,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

250,082 ±4,619 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 969,534 ±725
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$243,200 ±$8,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $289,200 ±$3,561
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

13.2% ±1.4% (66,453  ±7,086.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12.1% 265,065 (±0.6% / ±13,707.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

92.5% ±2.3% (329,362  ±9,587.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,416,985 (±1.2% / ±17,843.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
40.3% ±1.7% (143,498  ±6,255.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.8% 620,386 (±0.7% / ±11,051.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

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

9.1% ±1.2% (46,434  ±6,117) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,505 (±0.4% / ±8,062)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 4.8% † 296,832 (±,429.5% / ±12,018)

5.9% ±0.7% (23,787  ±2,605) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.6% 111,061 (±0.3% / ±4,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
23,787 Total veterans ±2,605 21,184 Male ±2,249 2,603 Female ±838

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