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Kansas City, MO

491,809 Population
314.9 square miles 1,561.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,108 ±$1,064 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $35,354 ±$562
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $30,498 ±$313
$54,372 ±$2,269 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $65,768 ±$1,014
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $54,478 ±$751

15.1% ±1.7% (72,665  ±8,170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.7% 204,852 (±0.6% / ±11,947)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 786,330 (±0.4% / ±21,180)

21.9 minutes ±0.2 (5,066,290  ±70,893) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.1 23,103,340 (±0.1 / ±155,765)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.6 64,254,060 (±0.1 / ±326,863)

Families

207,377 ±3,927 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 835,092 ±6,082
  • Missouri: 2,434,806 ±10,407
2.3 ±0 (482,381  ±1,408) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,111,854 (±0 / ±2,954)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,952,011 (±0)

5.4% ±1.2% (6,605  ±1,459) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.3% 26,499 (±0.5% / ±2,446)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.8% 80,307 (±0.4% / ±5,016)

Housing

236,054 ±3,663 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 917,911 ±1,196
  • Missouri: 2,806,296 ±623

$166,400 ±$5,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $196,000 ±$2,715
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $162,600 ±$1,170

16.1% ±1.4% (78,005  ±6,588.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.1% 319,917 (±0.7% / ±14,336.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 14.7% 891,556 (±0.4% / ±22,060.4)

Social

90.5% ±2.2% (302,206  ±8,464.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.2% 1,338,900 (±1.1% / ±15,794.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 90.5% 3,784,410 (±0.6% / ±26,929)
35.3% ±1.4% (118,020  ±5,042.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37% 537,732 (±0.7% / ±9,447.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 29.6% 1,235,894 (±0.4% / ±15,632.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

8.8% ±1.1% (43,485  ±5,520) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7% 149,650 (±0.3% / ±7,340)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,390 (±0.2% / ±10,297)

6.3% ±0.6% (23,958  ±2,185) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.7% 125,171 (±0.3% / ±4,588)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 8.1% 384,150 (±0.2% / ±8,532)
23,958 Total veterans ±2,185 21,751 Male ±2,106 2,207 Female ±787

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