De Soto vs Roeland Park

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

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

Roeland Park has the higher population (6,800 vs 6,333 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($105,500 vs $89,385 in Roeland Park). De Soto has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $262,700 in Roeland Park).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Roeland Park
Population	6,333	6,800
Median age	38.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,500	$89,385
Median home value	$370,700	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,552
Housing units	2,387	3,303
Homeownership rate	73.0%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Roeland Park
Population	6,254 → 6,333 (+1.3%)	6,769 → 6,800 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $105,500 (+74.0%)	$75,965 → $89,385 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$227,800 → $370,700 (+62.7%)	$172,900 → $262,700 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,097 (+43.8%)	$1,182 → $1,552 (+31.3%)

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

Roeland Park

Population

6,7696,800

Median household income

$75,965$89,385

Median home value

$172,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Roeland Park
Under 5	4.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	26.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.4%
75 and over	6.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Roeland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	76.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Roeland Park
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Roeland Park
Drove alone	73.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	14.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Roeland Park
1-unit, detached	69.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Roeland Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1990	1950