Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1941 and has 23,008 residents today.
Trash day: look up yoursA well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Its strongest subject is health (A+): residents are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. With an A overall, Prairie Village sits 13th of 150 in Kansas. That leaves it better than 86% of U.S. towns. It is strong on incomes as well: the median household earns $114K. What holds it back is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $490K, 5.9 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. Harmon Park Swale is on the National Register of Historic Places. 73% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, where Kansas’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Prairie Village beats most towns.
Where Prairie Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Prairie Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 25,356 in 1960, 22,957 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1935 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Prairie Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
15 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
8 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
5 mi MuseumThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: User:Charvex, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Prairie Village, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Prairie Village.
Prairie Village reports less crime than Mission Hills or any other graded neighbor, sends many workers across the state line and has less food insecurity than most of Kansas.
The median property tax bill is $4,961, against $2,798 across Kansas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Prairie Village: a median 8 days to sell. Home values are up 6.9% over the year to September 2026. Also worth knowing: 77% of Prairie Village households own their home.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,794 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $490K.
Three of the 8 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by Shawnee Mission Pub School. 4 public schools serve Prairie Village, with 2,185 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hills MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 879 | A− |
| Shawnee Mission East HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,737 | A− |
| Corinth ElemTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 576 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Kansas is food insecurity: 5.3% of its 17,917 adults worry about having enough food, against 13% statewide.
Among 150 Kansas towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Prairie Village. 26% of adults feel lonely locally. The town beats the Kansas average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Prairie Village | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.3% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
There are 5.6 miles of trail across 12 parks and preserves. Meadowbrook Park, at 87 acres with 1.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. For Prairie Village, the concentration of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meadowbrook Park | 1.9 mi | 87 |
| 2. Austin Harmon Park | 0.7 mi | 12 |
| 3. Santa Fe Trail Park | 0.6 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
26% of working residents cross a state line to work. Jobs based here grew from 5,274 in 2013 to 6,893.
Prairie Village’s average commute is 20 minutes. For most workers, Prairie Village is a place to come home to: only 6% work in town. Jobs in Prairie Village grew by 1,619 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 6,893. The share of workers in Prairie Village who do their job from home: 27%.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 8.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $114,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 88.1°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 96% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 20.6°.
The peak summer temperature for Prairie Village comes to 88°F. About 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 88°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 21°F | 21°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its B+ tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Mission Hills (B−) comes closest. At 12.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 84% of Kansas’s graded towns.
The rate of reported violence in Prairie Village is 0.9 per 1,000 residents. The property offense rate locally is 6.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Prairie Village | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.4 per 1,000 residents | 11.1 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
104 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 16 properties have flooded more than once.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Prairie Village, 43% come from inland flooding and 22% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. 104 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
21 within 15 miles of the center of Prairie Village
About 3 of every 100 Prairie Village residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
6 notable people were born in Prairie Village.
City in Kansas, United States
Prairie Village is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and located within the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 22,957.
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5 towns share a border with Prairie Village.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Village | #13 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Mission Hills | #17 | A− | C− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Overland Park | #34 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
| Leawood | #20 | A− | D | B− | A | A+ |
| Fairway | #11 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Mission | #66 | B | C | D | A− | A |
Fairway reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Prairie Village with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Prairie Village grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #13 of 150 in Kansas. It grades A+ for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
6 notable people were born here, including Joyce DiDonato and Eric Darnell.
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