Kansas City

Population & Demographics

Kansas City, KS

Kansas City is home to 155,135 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 69,796 resident workers commute each day.

KansasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
155,135
people
Population

155,135 residents

Median age 33.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Kansas City population & demographics

Who lives in Kansas City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
155,135
Median age
33.9yrs
Median household income
$62,401
Median home value
$167,400
Median gross rent
$1,123/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
20.8%
Poverty rate
15.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Kansas City

How Kansas City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino35.7%
White33.7%
Black19.2%
Asian5.3%
Two or more races4.9%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Kansas City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Kansas City.

Kansas City at a glance
Employed Residents
69,796
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
30.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Kansas City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Kansas City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Kansas City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Kansas City

69,796 commutes, one dot at a time

Kansas City

Where 69,796 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Kansas City, by worker count.

1Kansas City0.0 mi20,976
2Kansas City7.3 mi9,973
3Overland Park12.6 mi7,546
4Lenexa10.9 mi5,033
5Olathe16.9 mi4,116
6Shawnee7.8 mi2,562
7Merriam6.1 mi1,329
8Edwardsville7.4 mi1,085

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Kansas City.

1Kansas City0.0 mi20,976
2Kansas City7.3 mi13,574
3Overland Park12.6 mi6,418
4Olathe16.9 mi3,974
5Shawnee7.8 mi3,511
6Lenexa10.9 mi2,363
7Independence15.7 mi2,222
8Lee’s Summit21.4 mi1,373

Top industries

The sectors that employ Kansas City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing12.2%
MFManufacturing11.7%
RTRetail Trade8.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.6%
EDEducational Services6.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
WSWholesale Trade5.2%
COConstruction4.9%
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