De Soto vs Mission

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Mission: population, income, housing, and more.

De Soto and Mission are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mission has the higher population (9,928 vs 6,333 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($105,500 vs $74,396 in Mission). De Soto has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $268,500 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Mission
Population	6,333	9,928
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,500	$74,396
Median home value	$370,700	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,181
Housing units	2,387	5,600
Homeownership rate	73.0%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Mission
Population	6,254 → 6,333 (+1.3%)	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $105,500 (+74.0%)	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$227,800 → $370,700 (+62.7%)	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,097 (+43.8%)	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)

De Soto

Population

6,2546,333

Median household income

$60,625$105,500

Median home value

$227,800$370,700

Median gross rent

$763$1,097

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Mission
Under 5	4.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	23.6%	5.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	25.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Mission
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Mission
Drove alone	73.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	19.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Mission
1-unit, detached	69.3%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Mission
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.72	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1990	1973