Leawood vs Neosho

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

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

Neosho has the higher population (12,857 vs 606 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($109,432 vs $55,159 in Neosho). Leawood has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $148,600 in Neosho).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Neosho
Population	606	12,857
Median age	50.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,432	$55,159
Median home value	$253,300	$148,600
Median gross rent	—	$737
Housing units	325	5,123
Homeownership rate	94.6%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Neosho
Population	646 → 606 (-6.2%)	11,990 → 12,857 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $109,432 (+46.7%)	$38,214 → $55,159 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $253,300 (+34.4%)	$93,300 → $148,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $631 (+10.7%)	$706 → $737 (+4.4%)

Leawood

Population

646606

Median household income

$74,583$109,432

Median home value

$188,400$253,300

Median gross rent

$570$631

Neosho

Population

11,99012,857

Median household income

$38,214$55,159

Median home value

$93,300$148,600

Median gross rent

$706$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Neosho
Under 5	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.7%
75 and over	9.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Neosho
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	4.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Neosho
No high school diploma	3.8%	15.5%
High school graduate	22.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Neosho
Drove alone	86.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Neosho
1-unit, detached	81.5%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Neosho
Poverty rate	2.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1982	1974