North Kansas City vs Smithville

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

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

Smithville has the higher population (10,552 vs 4,758 in North Kansas City). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $194,700 in North Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	North Kansas City	Smithville
Population	4,758	10,552
Median age	47.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,024	$99,925
Median home value	$194,700	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,146	$977
Housing units	3,260	4,063
Homeownership rate	28.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Kansas City	Smithville
Population	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Kansas City	Smithville
Under 5	0.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.9%
75 and over	10.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Kansas City	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	13.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Kansas City	Smithville
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Kansas City	Smithville
Drove alone	83.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Kansas City	Smithville
1-unit, detached	35.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	24.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	North Kansas City	Smithville
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.8%
Average household size	1.65	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1974	1996