Population

157,805

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$167,400

Owner-occupied units

Kansas City, KS

Kansas · 39.123° N, 94.742° W · 125 sq mi

Kansas City is a city in Kansas, with a population of 157,805 and about 1,265 residents per square mile. The median household earns $62,401 a year, and the median home is worth $167,400.

Conditions

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Size & density

Land area

125 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

1,265

People per square mile

Rank by population

#175

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#65

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$62,401

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,123

Per month

Homeownership

60.9%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

22.4 min

One way

People

Median age

33.9

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

20.8%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

18.8%

Households

57,016

2.7 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 18.7^%

Manufacturing 12.6^%

Retail trade 12^%

Construction 10.4^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Kansas

Name

Charles Koch & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$67.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Wichita

Source of wealth

Koch, Inc.

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Kansas · private sector

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Largest public company in Kansas

Company

Seaboard Corporation

Revenue

$9.1B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Merriam

Ticker

SEB

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Kansas

State bird

Western Meadowlark

State flower

Wild Native Sunflower

State capital

Topeka

Nickname

The Sunflower State

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Shawnee, KS8 mi · 69,848
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Lenexa, KS11 mi · 60,506
Overland Park, KS16 mi · 203,677
Olathe, KS17 mi · 150,025
Independence, MO21 mi · 121,675
Lee's Summit, MO24 mi · 107,514
Blue Springs, MO27 mi · 61,632