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Best places to live in Greater Kansas City

42 places with 1,743,852 residents within about 35 km of Kansas City, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Kansas City, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    83
  2. 2Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    82
  3. 3Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    80
  4. 4Mission Hills (Kansas)
    Kansas, 3,601 residents    78
  5. 5Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    78
  6. 6Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    78
  7. 7Fairway
    Kansas, 3,970 residents    75
  8. 8Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    74
  9. 9Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    74
  10. 10Westwood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 1,719 residents    71

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For retired couples

  1. 1Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    78
  2. 2Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    76
  3. 3Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    75
  4. 4Mission Hills (Kansas)
    Kansas, 3,601 residents    74
  5. 5Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    73
  6. 6Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    72
  7. 7Fairway
    Kansas, 3,970 residents    72
  8. 8Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    70
  9. 9Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    68
  10. 10Lansing (Kansas)
    Kansas, 11,767 residents    66

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For remote workers

  1. 1Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    80
  2. 2Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    79
  3. 3Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    78
  4. 4Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    77
  5. 5Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    75
  6. 6Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    72
  7. 7Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    72
  8. 8Liberty (Missouri)
    Missouri, 30,450 residents    71
  9. 9Gladstone (Missouri)
    Missouri, 26,861 residents    70
  10. 10Mission (Kansas)
    Kansas, 9,491 residents    69

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For commuters

  1. 1Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    89
  2. 2Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    84
  3. 3Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    84
  4. 4Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    83
  5. 5Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    83
  6. 6Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    82
  7. 7Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    79
  8. 8Mission Hills (Kansas)
    Kansas, 3,601 residents    78
  9. 9Fairway
    Kansas, 3,970 residents    77
  10. 10East Independence
    Missouri, 110,675 residents    77

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For single professionals

  1. 1Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    82
  2. 2Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    74
  3. 3Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    74
  4. 4Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    73
  5. 5Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    72
  6. 6Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    70
  7. 7Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    70
  8. 8Mission (Kansas)
    Kansas, 9,491 residents    68
  9. 9Merriam
    Kansas, 11,288 residents    66
  10. 10East Independence
    Missouri, 110,675 residents    65

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Overland Park
    Kansas, 186,515 residents    65
  2. 2Leawood (Kansas)
    Kansas, 34,579 residents    64
  3. 3Prairie Village
    Kansas, 21,877 residents    62
  4. 4Belton (Missouri)
    Missouri, 23,168 residents    62
  5. 5Lenexa
    Kansas, 52,490 residents    61
  6. 6Roeland Park
    Kansas, 6,827 residents    61
  7. 7Liberty (Missouri)
    Missouri, 30,450 residents    61
  8. 8Olathe (Kansas)
    Kansas, 134,305 residents    60
  9. 9Shawnee (Kansas)
    Kansas, 65,046 residents    60
  10. 10Gladstone (Missouri)
    Missouri, 26,861 residents    60

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Towns in Greater Kansas City