Kansas City vs Lee's Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Kansas City and Lee's Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kansas City has the higher population (508,233 vs 102,583 in Lee's Summit). Lee's Summit has the higher median household income ($104,989 vs $67,449 in Kansas City). Lee's Summit has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $227,000 in Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
Population	508,233	102,583
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,449	$104,989
Median home value	$227,000	$313,200
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,382
Housing units	243,692	41,358
Homeownership rate	54.6%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
Population	486,404 → 508,233 (+4.5%)	97,275 → 102,583 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $67,449 (+24.5%)	$89,969 → $104,989 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $227,000 (+46.8%)	$223,700 → $313,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,186 (+26.0%)	$1,077 → $1,382 (+28.3%)

Kansas City

Population

486,404508,233

Median household income

$54,194$67,449

Median home value

$154,600$227,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,186

Lee's Summit

Population

97,275102,583

Median household income

$89,969$104,989

Median home value

$223,700$313,200

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	25.5%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
Drove alone	72.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.3%
Public transit	1.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	19.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
1-unit, detached	61.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	14.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kansas City	Lee's Summit
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1968	1994