#1Mission Hills
Johnson County · 3,522 peopleMedian household income·1.2% in poverty
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mission Hills, #1 on this list · Photo: Iknowthegoods · CC BY-SA 3.0Mission Hills has the highest median household income of Kansas’ 151 towns of 2,500+: $250,000+ a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $72,651; 30 of the 151 top $100,000.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Median household income·1.2% in poverty
#2Median household income·±$12,837 margin·3.1% in poverty
#3Median household income·±$50,614 margin·3.1% in poverty
Median household income, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 2 towns here).
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Mission Hills (Johnson County): its median household income is $250,000+. Leawood ($185,625) and Fairway ($152,574) follow.
By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (151 in Kansas). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the Kansas page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.