Leawood vs Seneca

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

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

Seneca has the higher population (1,938 vs 606 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($109,432 vs $49,821 in Seneca). Leawood has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $112,300 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Seneca
Population	606	1,938
Median age	50.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,432	$49,821
Median home value	$253,300	$112,300
Median gross rent	—	$886
Housing units	325	800
Homeownership rate	94.6%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Seneca
Population	646 → 606 (-6.2%)	2,490 → 1,938 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $109,432 (+46.7%)	$37,117 → $49,821 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $253,300 (+34.4%)	$85,800 → $112,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $631 (+10.7%)	$712 → $886 (+24.4%)

Leawood

Population

646606

Median household income

$74,583$109,432

Median home value

$188,400$253,300

Median gross rent

$570$631

Seneca

Population

2,4901,938

Median household income

$37,117$49,821

Median home value

$85,800$112,300

Median gross rent

$712$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leawood	Seneca
Under 5	3.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.8%	10.6%
75 and over	9.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	3.7%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	5.8%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Seneca
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Seneca
Drove alone	86.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Seneca
1-unit, detached	81.5%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Seneca
Poverty rate	2.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1982	1971