Leawood vs Shawnee

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

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

Shawnee has the higher population (68,175 vs 33,844 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $106,312 in Shawnee). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $332,900 in Shawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Shawnee
Population	33,844	68,175
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$106,312
Median home value	$620,400	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,233
Housing units	13,861	26,811
Homeownership rate	91.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Shawnee
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	65,540 → 68,175 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$87,120 → $106,312 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$237,500 → $332,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$1,008 → $1,233 (+22.3%)

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

Shawnee

Population

65,54068,175

Median household income

$87,120$106,312

Median home value

$237,500$332,900

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Shawnee
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	78.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Shawnee
No high school diploma	0.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	5.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Shawnee
Drove alone	73.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	84.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	12.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Shawnee
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1989	1988