Mission Woods vs Westwood Hills

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

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

Westwood Hills has the higher population (484 vs 182 in Mission Woods). Both have a median household income of $196,250. Mission Woods has the higher median home value ($741,700 vs $548,900 in Westwood Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Woods	Westwood Hills
Population	182	484
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$196,250	$196,250
Median home value	$741,700	$548,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,125
Housing units	78	208
Homeownership rate	97.3%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.5%	91.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Woods	Westwood Hills
Population	186 → 182 (-2.2%)	463 → 484 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$180,000 → $196,250 (+9.0%)	$153,750 → $196,250 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$641,300 → $741,700 (+15.7%)	$423,700 → $548,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,833 → $2,125 (+15.9%)

Mission Woods

Population

186182

Median household income

$180,000$196,250

Median home value

$641,300$741,700

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 Woods	Westwood Hills
Under 5	4.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	24.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	19.2%	7.2%
75 and over	6.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Woods	Westwood Hills
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	3.0%	1.8%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	44.4%	49.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Woods	Westwood Hills
Drove alone	78.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	7.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	13.2%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Woods	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 Woods	Westwood Hills
Poverty rate	0.5%	0.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1945	1938