Leawood vs Prairie Village

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

Leawood and Prairie Village 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 22,937 in Prairie Village). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $107,664 in Prairie Village). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $402,600 in Prairie Village).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Prairie Village
Population	33,844	22,937
Median age	48.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$107,664
Median home value	$620,400	$402,600
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,655
Housing units	13,861	10,303
Homeownership rate	91.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Prairie Village
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)

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

Prairie Village

Population

22,17022,937

Median household income

$91,136$107,664

Median home value

$290,600$402,600

Median gross rent

$1,337$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Prairie Village
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Prairie Village
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Prairie Village
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.1%
High school graduate	5.7%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Prairie Village
Drove alone	73.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.5%	22.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Prairie Village
1-unit, detached	84.8%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Prairie Village
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1989	1959