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Mission Hills, Kansas

Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, part of the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area. It has 3,548 residents. Mission Hills, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 99 out of 100 (very high), ranking #228 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #3 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on food insecurity (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and lack of reliable transportation (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), income inequality (Gini index) (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

99Very high

Quality-of-life score: #228 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #3 of 202 in KS
Population: 3,548 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,740.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2047350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety73#4,234/15,637
Economy100#46/15,631
Housing—
Health96#595/15,609
Healthcare100#22/15,650
Environment37#9,732/15,453
Education98#245/15,649
Infrastructure99#119/15,650
Community98#369/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,497/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mission Hills, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Johnson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Food insecurity · low4.3%
100/100Kansas 13.6%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
100/100Kansas 10.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.3%
100/100Kansas 7.5%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Loneliness · low26.0%
100/100Kansas 31.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low8.7%
100/100Kansas 18.4%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$250,001
100/100Kansas $75,402United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
15/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesJohnson County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.478
16/100Kansas 0.457United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Home price to income ratio · high4.9×
20/100Kansas 2.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
27/100Kansas 0.4%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
High ozone days · high2 days
28/100Kansas 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJohnson County value
Median Air Quality Index · high44
34/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJohnson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
1.4 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−39%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.9× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
90.2% (2015-2019) → 87.3% (2020-2024)
−3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
2.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−2.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
95.4% (2015-2019) → 97.0% (2020-2024)
+1.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
1.8% (2015-2019) → 0.3% (2020-2024)
−1.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mission Hills, Kansas improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+1.1×3.9× → 5.0×

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Mission Hills, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	16.4 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	90.2%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	95.4%2015-2019	97.0%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	1.19%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	99.7%2015-2019	99.8%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4782020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	28%
Median household income	$250,0012015-2019	$250,0012020-2024	0%	Little change	7%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mission Hills, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mission Hills, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mission Hills, Kansas itself moved −5.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,548 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (+4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,548 residents (±26)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

White95%3,359
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.5%†52

Education

2,410 residents (±189)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma0.2%†4
High school or GED2.1%†51
Some college9.0%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,203 households (±158)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k1.6%†19
$25k–50k6.0%†72
$50k–75k3.7%†45
$75k–100k4.3%†52
$100k–150k12%†146
$150k–200k4.9%†59
$200k or more67%810

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,203 households (±158)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Own100%1,203
Rent0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Home values

1,203 homes (±158)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k1.2%†15
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k2.6%†31

Age of homes

1,279 homes (±152)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later2.7%†35
2000–20093.0%†38
1980–19993.5%†45

Size of homes

1,279 homes (±152)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms0.9%†11

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,721 workers (±188)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone69%1,192
Carpool1.0%†17
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.4%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home29%†492
Other0.8%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−19.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,229 workers (±184)

Mission Hills, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min40%490
15–29 min48%587
30–44 min8.1%†100

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Johnson County, the county holding most of Mission Hills's residents.

Johnson County has 18,999 employer establishments, 304 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 1.18× Kansas's), with 352,238 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,435. The Census Bureau also counts 58,318 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,999; 58,318 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 304; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 352,238
Average annual pay: $68,435; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Johnson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,922	30.7	1.47×More than typical	24,396	$79,783	3,028
Restaurants and other eating places	1,137	18.2	0.99×About typical	27,701	$22,980	149
Lessors of real estate	1,117	17.9	1.45×More than typical	4,507	$61,828	7,409
Specialty trade contractors	1,029	16.5	1.06×About typical	13,379	$72,697	2,484
Management, scientific and technical consulting	747	11.9	1.78×More than typical	5,768	$91,607	3,350
Offices of other health practitioners	690	11	1.82×More than typical	4,102	$48,116	1,636
Insurance agencies and brokerages	594	9.5	2.16×More than typical	10,034	$86,511	1,262
Real estate agents and brokers	563	9	1.85×More than typical	915	$66,309	2,153
Offices of physicians	559	8.9	1.38×More than typical	8,419	$115,401	787
Construction of buildings	553	8.8	1.17×About typical	3,321	$80,886	1,059
Services to buildings and dwellings	551	8.8	1.31×More than typical	6,695	$43,584	2,028
Computer systems design and related services	497	7.9	1.84×More than typical	7,227	$94,228	909

Rank places for an industry Open Johnson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 625,261 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $219.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mission Hills, Kansas: $61.75 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $219.1K; −84% vs FY2025
Per resident: $61.75; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Social Security Administration$218.4K99.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$6980.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

11.5KFY2017
9.2KFY2018
11.5KFY2019
2.1KFY2020
164.2KFY2021
4.2KFY2022
23.2KFY2023
121.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$218.4K99.7%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$6980.3%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Mission Hills, Kansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Mission Hills, Kansas's figures are part of those of Johnson County, KS ($485.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mission Hills is mostly in Johnson County.

See federal money in Johnson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mission Hills, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sharice DavidsD-KS-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Johnson County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kansas City, MO-KS73

Other cities and towns in Johnson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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