Kearney vs North Kansas City

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

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

Kearney has the higher population (10,696 vs 4,758 in North Kansas City). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $194,700 in North Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney	North Kansas City
Population	10,696	4,758
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,523	$46,024
Median home value	$275,200	$194,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,146
Housing units	4,489	3,260
Homeownership rate	76.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney	North Kansas City
Population	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kearney	North Kansas City
Under 5	5.7%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.1%
75 and over	6.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney	North Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney	North Kansas City
No high school diploma	3.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney	North Kansas City
Drove alone	79.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney	North Kansas City
1-unit, detached	80.8%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	19.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kearney	North Kansas City
Poverty rate	3.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.51	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2001	1974