Mission vs Roeland Park

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

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

Mission has the higher population (9,928 vs 6,800 in Roeland Park). Roeland Park has the higher median household income ($89,385 vs $74,396 in Mission). Mission has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $262,700 in Roeland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	Roeland Park
Population	9,928	6,800
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,396	$89,385
Median home value	$268,500	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,552
Housing units	5,600	3,303
Homeownership rate	45.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	Roeland Park
Population	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)	6,769 → 6,800 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)	$75,965 → $89,385 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)	$172,900 → $262,700 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)	$1,182 → $1,552 (+31.3%)

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

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	Roeland Park
Under 5	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	5.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	25.5%	26.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.4%
75 and over	6.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	Roeland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	76.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	Roeland Park
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.1%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	Roeland Park
Drove alone	77.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	14.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	Roeland Park
1-unit, detached	44.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	16.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission	Roeland Park
Poverty rate	10.6%	11.5%
Average household size	1.88	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1973	1950