Salinas vs Kansas City
Salinas, CA compared with Kansas City, KS · 1,470 miles apart
Salinas has 159,134 residents to Kansas City’s 157,805. Salinas comes out ahead on median household income, poverty rate, unemployment. Kansas City does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Salinas, CA | Kansas City, KS | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 159,134 | 157,805 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 6,767 | 1,265 |
| Median household income | $91,908 | $62,401 |
| Median home value | $654,100 | $167,400 |
| Median rent | $1,991 | $1,123 |
| Homeownership | 47% | 60.9% |
| Average commute | 26.6 min | 22.4 min |
| Median age | 32.4 | 33.9 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 16.5% | 20.8% |
| Poverty rate | 13.6% | 16% |
| Unemployment | 4.7% | 5.8% |
| Price to income | 7.1× | 2.7× |
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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