Leawood vs Mission

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

Leawood and Mission 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 9,928 in Mission). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $74,396 in Mission). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $268,500 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Mission
Population	33,844	9,928
Median age	48.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$74,396
Median home value	$620,400	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,181
Housing units	13,861	5,600
Homeownership rate	91.3%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Mission
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)

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

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Mission
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	5.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	25.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Mission
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	5.7%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Mission
Drove alone	73.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Mission
1-unit, detached	84.8%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	25.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Mission
Poverty rate	2.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.56	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1989	1973