Mission Woods vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (1,851 vs 182 in Mission Woods). Mission Woods has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $102,500 in Westwood). Mission Woods has the higher median home value ($741,700 vs $384,500 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Woods	Westwood
Population	182	1,851
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$196,250	$102,500
Median home value	$741,700	$384,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,900
Housing units	78	885
Homeownership rate	97.3%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.5%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Woods	Westwood
Population	186 → 182 (-2.2%)	1,657 → 1,851 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$180,000 → $196,250 (+9.0%)	$79,955 → $102,500 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$641,300 → $741,700 (+15.7%)	$250,500 → $384,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,652 → $1,900 (+15.0%)

Mission Woods

Population

186182

Median household income

$180,000$196,250

Median home value

$641,300$741,700

Westwood

Population

1,6571,851

Median household income

$79,955$102,500

Median home value

$250,500$384,500

Median gross rent

$1,652$1,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	19.2%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Woods	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	3.0%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.4%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood
Drove alone	78.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	1.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	7.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.2%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Woods	Westwood
Poverty rate	0.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1945	1949