De Soto vs Mission Hills

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

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

De Soto has the higher population (6,333 vs 3,556 in Mission Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $105,500 in De Soto). Mission Hills has the higher median home value ($1,183,200 vs $370,700 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Mission Hills
Population	6,333	3,556
Median age	38.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,500	$250,001
Median home value	$370,700	$1,183,200
Median gross rent	$1,097	—
Housing units	2,387	1,365
Homeownership rate	73.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Mission Hills
Population	6,254 → 6,333 (+1.3%)	3,574 → 3,556 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $105,500 (+74.0%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$227,800 → $370,700 (+62.7%)	$963,600 → $1,183,200 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,097 (+43.8%)	—

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 Hills

Population

3,5743,556

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$963,600$1,183,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Mission Hills
Under 5	4.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	3.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	20.2%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Mission Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Mission Hills
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	2.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	51.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Mission Hills
Drove alone	73.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	25.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Mission Hills
1-unit, detached	69.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Mission Hills
Poverty rate	2.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1990	1953