The 10 Richest Cities In Kansas For 2024


The richest cities in Kansas are Mission Hills and Leawood for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Mission Hills, Leawood, Fairway: These cities aren’t just some of the best places to live in Kansas. They are also home to some of the richest people in the Sunflower State.

Mission Hills in particular houses the richest residents in the state thanks, in part, to a median household income of $250,001 and a ridiculously low poverty rate of 0.8130081300813009%.

If you’re thinking of moving to one of these towns, you’ll probably need to start saving. The richest places in Kansas share common characteristics such as having a genius level populous, sky high home prices, and a Pleasantville level of married couples.

How did we come up with these mega wealthy cities? We analyzed Census data from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey for the 89 places in Kansas with more than 3,000 people.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Richest Cities In Kansas Map

For more on how we calculated the top ten, read on or skip to the end for the full list of the richest cities in Kansas.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Kansas:

The 10 Richest Cities In Kansas For 2024

1. Mission Hills

Mission Hills, KS

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Population: 3,567
Median Income: $250,001
Median Home Values: $1,385,651
More on Mission Hills: Data | Crime | Real Estate

2. Leawood

Leawood, KS

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Overall SnackAbility

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Population: 33,784
Median Income: $174,779
Median Home Values: $681,534
More on Leawood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Fairway

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Population: 4,162
Median Income: $154,981
Median Home Values: $545,051
More on Fairway: Data | Crime | Real Estate

4. Overland Park

Overland Park, KS

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9
/10

Population: 196,676
Median Income: $100,876
Median Home Values: $423,348
More on Overland Park: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Spring Hill

Spring Hill, KS

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Population: 8,279
Median Income: $105,194
Median Home Values: $400,863
More on Spring Hill: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Lenexa

Lenexa, KS

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9
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Population: 57,497
Median Income: $101,074
Median Home Values: $421,663
More on Lenexa: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Olathe

Olathe, KS

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Overall SnackAbility

8.5
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Population: 142,114
Median Income: $108,077
Median Home Values: $384,085
More on Olathe: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. De Soto

De Soto, KS

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Population: 6,248
Median Income: $102,685
Median Home Values: $375,929
More on De Soto: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Prairie Village

Prairie Village, KS

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Overall SnackAbility

10
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Population: 22,922
Median Income: $99,691
Median Home Values: $422,365
More on Prairie Village: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Basehor

Basehor, KS

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Overall SnackAbility

8
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Population: 7,004
Median Income: $100,608
Median Home Values: $401,427
More on Basehor: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Kansas For 2024

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Kansas
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is simply identifying personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places.” So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2018-2022 American Community Survey and applied Saturday Night Science:

  • Median Home Values
  • Median Household Income

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is. And home values are a measure of wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”

After we collected the data for all 89 places with more than 3,000 people in Kansas, we ranked each place from 1 to 89 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score,” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Mission Hills, crowned the “Richest City In Kansas For 2024.”

The data has been updated for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the wealthiest cities in Kansas.

You can skip to the end to see the rankings for all 89 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Kansas For 2024

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Kansas, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Kansas.

The richest cities in Kansas are Mission Hills, Leawood, Fairway, Overland Park, Spring Hill, Lenexa, Olathe, De Soto, Prairie Village, and Basehor.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Kansas, according to data:

Poorest: Coffeyville
2nd Poorest: Iola
3rd Poorest: Larned

For more Kansas reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Kansas

Rank City RichScore Median Income Average Home Price
1 Mission Hills 1.0 $250,001 $1,385,651
2 Leawood 2.0 $174,779 $681,534
3 Fairway 3.0 $154,981 $545,051
4 Overland Park 7.0 $100,876 $423,348
5 Spring Hill 7.5 $105,194 $400,863
6 Lenexa 7.5 $101,074 $421,663
7 Olathe 7.5 $108,077 $384,085
8 De Soto 9.0 $102,685 $375,929
9 Prairie Village 9.5 $99,691 $422,365
10 Basehor 10.0 $100,608 $401,427
11 Andover 10.5 $113,538 $302,362
12 Shawnee 11.5 $100,649 $374,543
13 Eudora 12.5 $111,840 $290,892
14 Gardner 16.0 $91,232 $320,799
15 Lansing 17.0 $100,863 $286,136
16 Baldwin City 18.0 $87,133 $326,264
17 Roeland Park 20.0 $84,848 $294,697
18 Tonganoxie 20.0 $71,333 $344,779
19 Maize 22.0 $88,075 $277,240
20 Bel Aire 22.0 $91,979 $258,410
21 Goddard 22.0 $87,385 $282,347
22 Paola 22.5 $69,420 $334,271
23 Louisburg 22.5 $68,438 $371,927
24 Mission 23.5 $78,915 $290,183
25 Wamego 24.0 $88,942 $255,971
26 Rose Hill 24.5 $90,962 $251,001
27 Bonner Springs 25.0 $82,208 $271,621
28 Edwardsville 26.0 $78,526 $273,937
29 Derby 26.0 $79,581 $258,532
30 Merriam 26.5 $69,414 $290,519
31 Valley Center 31.0 $70,531 $235,417
32 Park City 34.0 $70,583 $200,922
33 Garden City 35.5 $67,500 $226,734
34 Hesston 36.0 $67,333 $227,450
35 Mulvane 36.0 $67,766 $215,120
36 Lawrence 36.0 $59,834 $292,989
37 Mcpherson 36.0 $69,807 $196,232
38 Leavenworth 36.5 $67,360 $225,494
39 Lindsborg 38.5 $67,059 $212,965
40 Dodge City 41.5 $66,932 $191,789
41 Ottawa 43.5 $61,927 $196,371
42 Haysville 43.5 $66,382 $189,870
43 Manhattan 46.5 $55,316 $252,470
44 Newton 47.0 $66,528 $152,576
45 Osawatomie 47.0 $62,598 $171,133
46 Hays 47.5 $55,349 $233,644
47 Colby 48.0 $62,937 $164,226
48 Augusta 48.5 $59,536 $195,681
49 Wichita 48.5 $60,712 $183,706
50 Junction City 51.0 $60,709 $170,280
51 Hugoton 51.5 $63,896 $137,734
52 Kansas City 52.0 $56,120 $177,140
53 Ulysses 52.0 $62,138 $139,251
54 Salina 53.5 $56,945 $164,317
55 Ellsworth 57.5 $61,524 $127,533
56 Topeka 58.0 $54,052 $174,701
57 Frontenac 60.5 $54,905 $145,923
58 Liberal 61.0 $55,602 $134,994
59 Beloit 61.0 $59,909 $123,232
60 Holton 63.0 $47,188 $190,142
61 Goodland 63.0 $54,228 $138,475
62 Abilene 64.0 $54,948 $133,296
63 Hutchinson 64.0 $55,265 $129,629
64 El Dorado 64.0 $52,921 $145,347
65 Emporia 64.5 $49,661 $149,266
66 Pratt 65.0 $61,117 $93,082
67 Winfield 65.0 $55,850 $120,353
68 Hiawatha 65.5 $56,050 $114,090
69 Kingman 65.5 $55,532 $121,984
70 Lyons 66.0 $60,938 $93,039
71 Atchison 67.5 $50,344 $136,676
72 Marysville 68.0 $53,424 $128,741
73 Clay Center 68.0 $53,208 $129,104
74 Scott City 69.0 $47,217 $144,376
75 Great Bend 71.5 $53,885 $109,069
76 Chanute 78.0 $52,608 $86,204
77 Wellington 78.5 $48,333 $96,412
78 Independence 79.0 $48,514 $95,797
79 Garnett 79.0 $39,000 $123,634
80 Baxter Springs 79.5 $47,727 $96,246
81 Fort Scott 79.5 $45,206 $108,652
82 Pittsburg 80.0 $42,371 $119,185
83 Arkansas City 80.5 $49,177 $83,337
84 Concordia 81.0 $45,000 $101,201
85 Parsons 82.0 $48,990 $67,778
86 Russell 82.0 $44,942 $96,581
87 Larned 84.5 $45,198 $84,894
88 Iola 84.5 $46,351 $72,294
89 Coffeyville 88.5 $41,220 $49,965
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

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