Mission Hills vs Westwood Hills

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

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

Mission Hills has the higher population (3,556 vs 484 in Westwood Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $196,250 in Westwood Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median home value ($1,183,200 vs $548,900 in Westwood Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
Population	3,556	484
Median age	50.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$196,250
Median home value	$1,183,200	$548,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,125
Housing units	1,365	208
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.1%	91.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
Population	3,574 → 3,556 (-0.5%)	463 → 484 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$153,750 → $196,250 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$963,600 → $1,183,200 (+22.8%)	$423,700 → $548,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,833 → $2,125 (+15.9%)

Mission Hills

Population

3,5743,556

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$963,600$1,183,200

Westwood Hills

Population

463484

Median household income

$153,750$196,250

Median home value

$423,700$548,900

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
Under 5	5.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	24.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	20.2%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
No high school diploma	0.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	2.5%	1.8%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	51.4%	49.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
Drove alone	72.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	0.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	25.9%	19.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Westwood Hills
Poverty rate	1.0%	0.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1953	1938