Fairview vs Leawood

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Leawood: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Leawood are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leawood has the higher population (606 vs 371 in Fairview). Leawood has the higher median household income ($109,432 vs $67,500 in Fairview). Leawood has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $86,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Leawood
Population	371	606
Median age	35.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$109,432
Median home value	$86,500	$253,300
Median gross rent	$835	—
Housing units	150	325
Homeownership rate	60.2%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	22.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Leawood
Population	424 → 371 (-12.5%)	646 → 606 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $67,500 (+62.7%)	$74,583 → $109,432 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $86,500 (+33.1%)	$188,400 → $253,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $835 (-1.8%)	$570 → $631 (+10.7%)

Fairview

Population

424371

Median household income

$41,500$67,500

Median home value

$65,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$850$835

Leawood

Population

646606

Median household income

$74,583$109,432

Median home value

$188,400$253,300

Median gross rent

$570$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Leawood
Under 5	1.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	26.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	22.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	4.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	17.8%
75 and over	6.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Leawood
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	4.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Leawood
No high school diploma	24.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Leawood
Drove alone	86.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Leawood
1-unit, detached	85.3%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Leawood
Poverty rate	19.1%	2.5%
Average household size	3.14	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1971	1982