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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
State of Kansas
State bird
Western Meadowlark
State flower
Wild Native Sunflower
State capital
Topeka
Nickname
The Sunflower State
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Cities near Kansas City
- Shawnee, KS8 mi · 69,848
- Kansas City, MO10 mi · 521,220
- 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
Cities about the same size
- Macon-Bibb County, GA157,556
- Hayward, CA157,113
- Hollywood, FL157,019
- Lakewood, CO156,927
- Sunnyvale, CA156,577
- Salinas, CA159,134
- Charleston, SC159,423
- Alexandria, VA160,662
More in Kansas
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
Employer
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Sector
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No verified figure for this state. There is no free, authoritative source for largest private employer.
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.