Gardner vs Lenexa

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Lenexa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lenexa has the higher population (57,986 vs 24,020 in Gardner). Lenexa has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Lenexa has the higher median home value ($368,800 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Lenexa
Population	24,020	57,986
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$102,344
Median home value	$276,000	$368,800
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,429
Housing units	8,478	25,593
Homeownership rate	67.3%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Lenexa
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)

Gardner

Population

21,52824,020

Median household income

$78,180$92,579

Median home value

$189,100$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,296

Lenexa

Population

54,01157,986

Median household income

$87,102$102,344

Median home value

$260,900$368,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Lenexa
Under 5	9.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.9%
75 and over	2.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Lenexa
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	74.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Lenexa
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Lenexa
Drove alone	77.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Lenexa
1-unit, detached	65.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	17.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Lenexa
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2002	1991