Prairie Village vs Shawnee

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

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

Shawnee has the higher population (68,175 vs 22,937 in Prairie Village). Prairie Village has the higher median household income ($107,664 vs $106,312 in Shawnee). Prairie Village has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $332,900 in Shawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
Population	22,937	68,175
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,664	$106,312
Median home value	$402,600	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,233
Housing units	10,303	26,811
Homeownership rate	74.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.4%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
Population	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)	65,540 → 68,175 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)	$87,120 → $106,312 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)	$237,500 → $332,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)	$1,008 → $1,233 (+22.3%)

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

Shawnee

Population

65,54068,175

Median household income

$87,120$106,312

Median home value

$237,500$332,900

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.0%
75 and over	9.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
Drove alone	73.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	18.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	84.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Village	Shawnee
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1959	1988