Lenexa vs Shawnee

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

Lenexa 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 57,986 in Lenexa). Shawnee has the higher median household income ($106,312 vs $102,344 in Lenexa). Lenexa has the higher median home value ($368,800 vs $332,900 in Shawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Lenexa	Shawnee
Population	57,986	68,175
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$106,312
Median home value	$368,800	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,233
Housing units	25,593	26,811
Homeownership rate	56.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenexa	Shawnee
Population	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)	65,540 → 68,175 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)	$87,120 → $106,312 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)	$237,500 → $332,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)	$1,008 → $1,233 (+22.3%)

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

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)

	Lenexa	Shawnee
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenexa	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	6.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenexa	Shawnee
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	13.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenexa	Shawnee
Drove alone	71.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	18.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenexa	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	56.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	12.2%
20 or more units	13.2%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lenexa	Shawnee
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1991	1988