Leawood vs Lenexa

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

Leawood 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 33,844 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $102,344 in Lenexa). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $368,800 in Lenexa).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Lenexa
Population	33,844	57,986
Median age	48.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$102,344
Median home value	$620,400	$368,800
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,429
Housing units	13,861	25,593
Homeownership rate	91.3%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Lenexa
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)

Leawood

Population

34,67033,844

Median household income

$157,515$184,976

Median home value

$463,200$620,400

Median gross rent

$1,619$1,753

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)

	Leawood	Lenexa
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Lenexa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Lenexa
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	5.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Lenexa
Drove alone	73.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Lenexa
1-unit, detached	84.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	17.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Lenexa
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1989	1991