Kansas City

Population & Demographics

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City is home to 510,612 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 251,030 resident workers commute each day.

MissouriCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
510,612
people
Population

510,612 residents

Median age 35.8 · 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
510,612
Median age
35.8yrs
Median household income
$69,166
Median home value
$242,900
Median gross rent
$1,238/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
38.4%
Poverty rate
14.7%

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).

White54.0%
Black25.2%
Hispanic or Latino12.5%
Two or more races4.7%
Asian2.8%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

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
251,030
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
47.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Overland Park
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

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

Kansas City

251,030 commutes, one dot at a time

Kansas City

Where 251,030 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Kansas City0.0 mi119,537
2Overland Park13.3 mi13,675
3Kansas City7.3 mi13,574
4North Kansas City3.6 mi8,865
5Independence8.4 mi7,769
6Liberty12.5 mi6,910
7Lenexa14.6 mi6,826
8Lee’s Summit15.4 mi6,378

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Kansas City.

1Kansas City0.0 mi119,537
2Independence8.4 mi19,031
3Lee’s Summit15.4 mi15,754
4Overland Park13.3 mi15,537
5Kansas City7.3 mi9,973
6Blue Springs16.1 mi8,630
7Olathe19.7 mi6,580
8Gladstone8.5 mi6,057

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 Assistance14.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services12.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.7%
RTRetail Trade7.8%
FIFinance and Insurance7.0%
MFManufacturing6.8%
EDEducational Services5.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.1%
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