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Kansas City, MO

495,278 Population
314.9 square miles 1,572.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,517 ±$993 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $36,358 ±$561
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $31,756 ±$326
$55,259 ±$2,228 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $70,215 ±$1,212
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $57,409 ±$642

15.3% ±1.6% (74,648  ±7,757) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10.3% 219,269 (±0.6% / ±13,088)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 770,175 (±0.4% / ±23,258)

22 minutes ±0.3 (5,208,965  ±93,126) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 23,646,460 (±0.1 / ±157,985)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.9 65,558,505 (±0.1 / ±323,482)

Families

209,768 ±4,049 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 844,310 ±6,030
  • Missouri: 2,458,337 ±10,406
2.3 ±0.1 (485,797  ±1,987) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,124,519 (±0 / ±3,433)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,962,950 (±0)

4.3% ±1% (5,428  ±1,301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 26,391 (±0.5% / ±2,668)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,428 (±0.3% / ±4,619)

Housing

238,547 ±3,712 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 925,786 ±1,423
  • Missouri: 2,819,334 ±685

$168,400 ±$4,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $209,100 ±$3,069
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $168,000 ±$1,365

18.1% ±1.6% (88,747  ±7,731.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.7% 313,857 (±0.7% / ±15,696.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 14.3% 869,232 (±0.4% / ±23,839.2)

Social

91.3% ±2.2% (310,525  ±9,011.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.8% 1,356,166 (±1.2% / ±17,590.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 90.7% 3,814,347 (±0.7% / ±28,706)
36.2% ±1.5% (123,340  ±5,433.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7% 551,561 (±0.7% / ±10,720.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 30.2% 1,271,281 (±0.4% / ±16,647.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

8.9% ±1.2% (43,990  ±5,748) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.1% 152,397 (±0.4% / ±8,126)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.3% 262,047 (±0.2% / ±11,034)

7.1% ±0.6% (27,199  ±2,394) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.7% 125,216 (±0.3% / ±4,511)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 8.1% 382,548 (±0.2% / ±9,596)
27,199 Total veterans ±2,394 25,081 Male ±2,355 2,118 Female ±647

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