Mission vs Prairie Village

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

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

Prairie Village has the higher population (22,937 vs 9,928 in Mission). Prairie Village has the higher median household income ($107,664 vs $74,396 in Mission). Prairie Village has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $268,500 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	Prairie Village
Population	9,928	22,937
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,396	$107,664
Median home value	$268,500	$402,600
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,655
Housing units	5,600	10,303
Homeownership rate	45.6%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	Prairie Village
Population	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

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)

	Mission	Prairie Village
Under 5	7.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	5.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	25.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.4%
75 and over	6.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	Prairie Village
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	Prairie Village
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	15.1%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	Prairie Village
Drove alone	77.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.6%	22.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	Prairie Village
1-unit, detached	44.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	16.8%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mission	Prairie Village
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1973	1959