Lenexa

Population & Demographics

Lenexa, KS

Lenexa is home to 58,384 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 31,353 resident workers commute each day.

KansasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
58,384
people
Population

58,384 residents

Median age 37.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lenexa population & demographics

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

Population
58,384
Median age
37.2yrs
Median household income
$103,239
Median home value
$394,900
Median gross rent
$1,454/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
57.8%
Poverty rate
5.4%

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 Lenexa

How Lenexa 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).

White74.3%
Hispanic or Latino9.5%
Black7.2%
Two or more races4.5%
Asian4.1%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Lenexa

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 Lenexa.

Lenexa at a glance
Employed Residents
31,353
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
22.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Overland Park
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lenexa 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 Lenexa 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

75 / 100

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

Lenexa

31,353 commutes, one dot at a time

Lenexa

Where 31,353 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Overland Park5.4 mi6,983
2Lenexa0.0 mi5,214
3Kansas City14.6 mi4,051
4Olathe6.0 mi3,457
5Kansas City10.9 mi2,363
6Shawnee3.7 mi1,345
7Leawood8.6 mi839
8Merriam5.8 mi612

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lenexa.

1Overland Park5.4 mi9,223
2Olathe6.0 mi8,368
3Kansas City14.6 mi6,826
4Lenexa0.0 mi5,214
5Kansas City10.9 mi5,033
6Shawnee3.7 mi4,259
7Lawrence26.2 mi1,419
8Lee’s Summit21.5 mi1,350

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lenexa’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%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing11.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services11.2%
WSWholesale Trade10.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance10.3%
MFManufacturing9.8%
COConstruction8.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.5%
RTRetail Trade7.7%
FIFinance and Insurance5.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lenexa

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps100%
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