Kansas City vs Lake Quivira

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

Kansas City and Lake Quivira 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 942 in Lake Quivira). Lake Quivira has the higher median household income ($176,607 vs $59,183 in Kansas City). Lake Quivira has the higher median home value ($733,100 vs $147,100 in Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
Population	154,776	942
Median age	34.0 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,183	$176,607
Median home value	$147,100	$733,100
Median gross rent	$1,073	—
Housing units	63,949	413
Homeownership rate	60.4%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
Population	152,522 → 154,776 (+1.5%)	920 → 942 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,665 → $59,183 (+29.6%)	$153,333 → $176,607 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $147,100 (+53.9%)	$606,900 → $733,100 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,073 (+21.2%)	—

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

Lake Quivira

Population

920942

Median household income

$153,333$176,607

Median home value

$606,900$733,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	1.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	22.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	19.4%
75 and over	4.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	20.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
No high school diploma	18.8%	0.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	5.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	49.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
Drove alone	75.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	28.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
1-unit, detached	68.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kansas City	Lake Quivira
Poverty rate	17.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1961	1961