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Kansas City vs Lee's Summit

Kansas City, MO compared with Lee's Summit, MO · 17 miles apart

Kansas City has 521,220 residents to Lee's Summit’s 107,514. Kansas City comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Lee's Summit does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Kansas City, MO Lee's Summit, MO
Population 521,220 107,514
Density (per sq mi) 1,657 1,683
Median household income $69,166 $102,531
Median home value $242,900 $340,900
Median rent $1,238 $1,422
Homeownership 55.4% 73.4%
Average commute 21.7 min 25.2 min
Median age 35.8 38.8
Bachelor's degree + 38.4% 48.8%
Poverty rate 14.6% 5.7%
Unemployment 4.4% 3.8%
Price to income 3.5× 3.3×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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