Mission Hills vs Roeland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Mission Hills and Roeland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Mission Hills and Roeland Park are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roeland Park has the higher population (6,800 vs 3,556 in Mission Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $89,385 in Roeland Park). Mission Hills has the higher median home value ($1,183,200 vs $262,700 in Roeland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
Population	3,556	6,800
Median age	50.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$89,385
Median home value	$1,183,200	$262,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,552
Housing units	1,365	3,303
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.1%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
Population	3,574 → 3,556 (-0.5%)	6,769 → 6,800 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$75,965 → $89,385 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$963,600 → $1,183,200 (+22.8%)	$172,900 → $262,700 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,182 → $1,552 (+31.3%)

Mission Hills

Population

3,5743,556

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$963,600$1,183,200

Roeland Park

Population

6,7696,800

Median household income

$75,965$89,385

Median home value

$172,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	26.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	20.2%	5.4%
75 and over	5.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
No high school diploma	0.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	2.5%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	51.4%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
Drove alone	72.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	14.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Roeland Park
Poverty rate	1.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1953	1950