Lenexa vs Prairie Village

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

Lenexa and Prairie Village 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 22,937 in Prairie Village). Prairie Village has the higher median household income ($107,664 vs $102,344 in Lenexa). Prairie Village has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $368,800 in Lenexa).

Population, income & housing

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
Population	57,986	22,937
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$107,664
Median home value	$368,800	$402,600
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,655
Housing units	25,593	10,303
Homeownership rate	56.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
Population	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)

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

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)

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.4%
75 and over	5.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	88.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	13.7%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
Drove alone	71.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.2%	22.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
1-unit, detached	56.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	13.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lenexa	Prairie Village
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1991	1959