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Kansas City, MO

508,415 Population
314.7 square miles 1,615.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,456 ±$1,177 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,872 ±$703
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $34,593 ±$372
$63,396 ±$1,690 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,900 ±$1,407
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $61,847 ±$669

13.4% ±1.5% (66,709  ±7,620) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.7% 211,154 (±0.7% / ±14,749)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.7% 761,311 (±0.4% / ±21,677)

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

219,020 ±3,767 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 883,621 ±4,700
  • Missouri: 2,468,726 ±10,224
2.3 ±0 (499,638  ±1,485) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,115 (±0 / ±3,106)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,010,070 (±0)

5.6% ±1.3% (7,463  ±1,729) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.8% 29,744 (±0.6% / ±2,969)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 72,654 (±0.3% / ±4,556)

Housing

243,950 ±4,034 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 949,618 ±1,232
  • Missouri: 2,807,632 ±277

$213,400 ±$7,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $247,000 ±$3,449
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $198,300 ±$2,336

17.6% ±1.6% (88,292  ±8,272.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.4% 312,674 (±0.7% / ±14,838.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 13.4% 820,245 (±0.4% / ±24,111.7)

Social

92.4% ±2.1% (323,678  ±8,758.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.4% 1,399,562 (±1.2% / ±17,856.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,871,249 (±0.7% / ±29,988.9)
38.7% ±1.4% (135,445  ±5,226.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.5% 591,652 (±0.8% / ±11,472.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.7% 1,340,643 (±0.4% / ±17,453.9)

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

8% ±0.9% (40,631  ±4,321) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 151,048 (±0.3% / ±6,476)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 251,238 (±0.1% / ±7,900)

6.1% ±0.6% (24,129  ±2,233) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 115,142 (±0.3% / ±4,790)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.5% 355,424 (±0.2% / ±8,527)
24,129 Total veterans ±2,233 22,424 Male ±1,978 1,705 Female ±602

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