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Lee's Summit, MO

102,506 Population
63.9 square miles 1,604.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$43,121 ±$3,188 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,872 ±$703
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $34,593 ±$372
$100,246 ±$9,088 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,900 ±$1,407
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $61,847 ±$669

3.6% ±1.4% (3,652  ±1,456) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.7% 211,154 (±0.7% / ±14,749)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.7% 761,311 (±0.4% / ±21,677)

26.3 minutes ±1 (1,180,820  ±57,999) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.8 63,509,752 (±0.1 / ±389,396)

Families

37,795 ±1,871 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 883,621 ±4,700
  • Missouri: 2,468,726 ±10,224
2.7 ±0.1 (102,046  ±1,200) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,115 (±0 / ±3,106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,010,070 (±0)

8% ±5.1% (1,770  ±1,138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.8% 29,744 (±0.6% / ±2,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 72,654 (±0.3% / ±4,556)

Housing

39,391 ±2,000 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 949,618 ±1,232
  • Missouri: 2,807,632 ±277

$303,700 ±$16,947 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $247,000 ±$3,449
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $198,300 ±$2,336

13.8% ±3.8% (13,840  ±3,811.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.4% 312,674 (±0.7% / ±14,838.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.4% 820,245 (±0.4% / ±24,111.7)

Social

97.7% ±5% (64,268  ±4,222.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.4% 1,399,562 (±1.2% / ±17,856.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,871,249 (±0.7% / ±29,988.9)
47.2% ±3.8% (31,033  ±2,814.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.5% 591,652 (±0.8% / ±11,472.6)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.3% ±1.3% (3,343  ±1,357) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 151,048 (±0.3% / ±6,476)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 251,238 (±0.1% / ±7,900)

7.5% ±1.5% (5,446  ±1,095) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 115,142 (±0.3% / ±4,790)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.5% 355,424 (±0.2% / ±8,527)
5,446 Total veterans ±1,095 5,004 Male ±1,002 442 Female ±346

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