Kansas City, MO

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Climate

July average high

90°F

January average low

22°F

Annual rainfall

38.1 in

Annual snowfall

11.0 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Kansas City Dwtn Ap (3 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Kansas City ranks

• #7 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 93.7
• #14 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 68.2
• #17 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 70.6
• #30 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 58.1
• #35 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 62.8
• #46 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 54.2
• #57 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 43.2
• #63 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 36.6
• #67 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 35.3

Local facts

Median household income

$67,449

Median rent

$1,186 / mo

Median home value

$227,000

Median age

35.7

Unemployment

4.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher

37.8%

Poverty rate

14.6%

Renter-occupied homes

45.4%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

165

Students enrolled

69,700

Students per teacher

13.4 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

66.3%

Charter schools

26.1%

School districts serving the city

32

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Districts: Kansas City 33, North Kansas City 74, Park Hill, Hickman Mills C-1, Center 58

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

38.7%

No leisure-time physical activity

29.8%

Adults with diabetes

11.9%

Adults who smoke

15.8%

Frequent mental distress

18.7%

Sleeping under 7 hours

36.7%

Adults without health insurance

10.6%

Routine checkup in past year

77.0%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

72.3%

Share of city that is parkland

9.4%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.9

Median air quality index (county)

47

Unhealthy air days (county)

3

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

88.9%

Households with no internet

6.9%

Average commute

21.9 min

Work from home

14.8%

Commute by transit

1.9%

Commute on foot

1.5%

Commute by bike

0.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Jackson County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Tornado: very high
• Hail: very high
• Heat wave: relatively high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high

ZIP codes

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