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Kansas City, MO

509,247 Population
314.7 square miles 1,618.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,681 ±$1,412 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $42,257 ±$766
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $36,640 ±$419
$62,175 ±$2,666 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $75,280 ±$1,231
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $64,811 ±$733

14.6% ±1.5% (72,972  ±7,637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10.7% 232,312 (±0.6% / ±13,908)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 791,030 (±0.4% / ±21,823)

22.1 minutes ±0.3 (5,168,690  ±91,929) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 63,509,752 (±0.1 / ±389,396)

Families

227,027 ±4,111 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 897,185 ±4,505
  • Missouri: 2,521,832 ±11,480
2.2 ±0 (500,608  ±179) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,180,058 (±0 / ±1,642)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 † 6,014,174 (±220.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±1.3% (6,565  ±1,645) 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% † 27,000 (±0.5% / ±2,671)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.3% 74,145 (±0.4% / ±5,045)

Housing

249,272 ±3,811 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 960,180 ±698
  • Missouri: 2,826,295 ±607

$239,400 ±$8,902 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $274,500 ±$3,003
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $221,200 ±$2,019

17.5% ±1.6% (87,800  ±8,060.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.6% 297,960 (±0.6% / ±13,989)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 790,852 (±0.3% / ±21,003.3)

Social

91.7% ±2.4% (321,296  ±9,586.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.4% 1,411,043 (±1.2% / ±18,771.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,878,393 (±0.7% / ±30,655)
38.5% ±1.6% (134,892  ±5,926.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.7% 599,450 (±0.8% / ±11,330)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.2% 1,364,017 (±0.4% / ±18,291.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.6% ±0.9% (38,905  ±4,507) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 149,448 (±0.4% / ±7,640)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 4.1% † 252,575 (±367.6% / ±8,893)

5.4% ±0.6% (21,555  ±2,374) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 116,115 (±0.3% / ±5,411)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,834 (±0.2% / ±9,753)
21,555 Total veterans ±2,374 18,781 Male ±2,208 2,774 Female ±974

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