Leawood vs Merriam

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

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

Leawood has the higher population (33,844 vs 11,036 in Merriam). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Merriam
Population	33,844	11,036
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$71,665
Median home value	$620,400	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,161
Housing units	13,861	5,370
Homeownership rate	91.3%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Merriam
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)

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

Merriam

Population

11,18511,036

Median household income

$63,806$71,665

Median home value

$169,400$242,400

Median gross rent

$945$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Merriam
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.6%
75 and over	8.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Merriam
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Merriam
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	5.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Merriam
Drove alone	73.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.5%	17.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Merriam
1-unit, detached	84.8%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	21.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Merriam
Poverty rate	2.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1989	1970