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For most people who can afford it, yes. Roeland Park grades B+ overall, 46th of 150 graded towns in Kansas. It is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns. Its public schools beat 84% of Kansas towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $89K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $333K, 4 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Roeland Park, where Kansas’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. On hazard risk, just 8 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Roeland Park is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Roeland Park beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Roesland Elem | PK–6 | 350 |
| St. Agnes Catholic Elementary School | PK–8 | 345 |
| Bishop Miege High School | 9–12 | 653 |
Where Roeland Park’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 Roeland Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 8,949 in 1960, 6,871 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1934 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roeland Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
12 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
5 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Center
7 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
3 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 Roeland Park, 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 Roeland Park.
Roeland Park carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Kansas (mostly inland flooding), has a longer frost-free season than almost anywhere else in Kansas and sends many workers across the state line.
Its widest gap with Kansas is COPD: 4.1% of its 5,635 adults have COPD, against 6.7% statewide.
9.2% of adults report frequent physical distress in Roeland Park. Roeland Park beats the Kansas average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Roeland Park.
| Roeland Park | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Roeland Park | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.1% | 6.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 13% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.3% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Shawnee Mission Pub School. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roesland ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 350 | A− |
| Bishop Miege High School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 653 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 97% of Kansas towns, with expected losses of about $202 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Roeland Park’s FEMA risk score is 18 of 100. Since 1981, 31 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roeland Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Roeland Park is $1,582 a month. Typical home values rose 4.9% in the year to September 2026.
| Roeland Park | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,582 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crime runs higher than in most U.S. towns, but its C− tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Westwood (D) comes closest. At 32.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 63% of Kansas’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
30% of working residents cross a state line to work.
1.6% of Roeland Park working residents work locally. Jobs based in Roeland Park fell to 1,554 in 2023, 237 fewer than in 2013. Half commute less than 8 miles.
| Roeland Park | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 8.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Kansas City Downtown Ap weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 211 days, the highest of 1,996 Kansas places with climate records. The Kansas City Downtown Ap weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 47 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 76% of Kansas places with climate records.
Roeland Park has chilly winters and warm summers. Only 9 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a lower July high than Roeland Park.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Roeland Park | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nall Park | 0.6 mi | 12 |
| 2. R Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
| 3. Cooper Creek Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
21 within 15 miles of the center of Roeland Park
About 6 of every 100 Roeland Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
4 notable people were born in Roeland Park.
City in Kansas, United States
Roeland Park 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 6,871.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Roeland Park.
Kansas City next door grades lower for schools (D− to Roeland Park’s A−) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roeland Park | #46 | B+ | C− | C− | A− | A |
| Mission | #66 | B | C | D | A− | A |
| Fairway | #11 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Westwood | — | — | D | D | A− | A+ |
| Kansas City | #146 | D | B | D | D− | C− |
Westwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fairway reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Roeland Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roeland Park grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #46 of 150 in Kansas. It grades A for health, C− for safety and A− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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