Edwardsville vs Kansas City

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsville and Kansas City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kansas City has the higher population (154,776 vs 4,721 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($76,847 vs $59,183 in Kansas City). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $147,100 in Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
Population	4,721	154,776
Median age	36.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,847	$59,183
Median home value	$165,700	$147,100
Median gross rent	$984	$1,073
Housing units	1,889	63,949
Homeownership rate	74.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
Population	4,492 → 4,721 (+5.1%)	152,522 → 154,776 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$65,650 → $76,847 (+17.1%)	$45,665 → $59,183 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $165,700 (+25.6%)	$95,600 → $147,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $984 (+39.8%)	$885 → $1,073 (+21.2%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,4924,721

Median household income

$65,650$76,847

Median home value

$131,900$165,700

Median gross rent

$704$984

Kansas City

Population

152,522154,776

Median household income

$45,665$59,183

Median home value

$95,600$147,100

Median gross rent

$885$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
Under 5	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	15.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	20.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.2%
75 and over	3.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	34.4%
Black or African American	5.5%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
No high school diploma	9.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
Drove alone	90.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
1-unit, detached	60.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Kansas City
Poverty rate	11.1%	17.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1983	1961