Kansas City is a relatively large city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 153,384 people and 61 associated neighborhoods, Kansas City is the third largest community in Kansas.When you are in Kansas City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.25% of Kansas City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kansas City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kansas City who work in office and administrative support (10.40%), sales jobs (8.51%), and management occupations (6.94%). Also of interest is that Kansas City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Kansas City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.39% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Overall, Kansas City’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.The percentage of adults in Kansas City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.68% of the adults in Kansas City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kansas City in 2022 was $27,034, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,136 for a family of four. However, Kansas City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kansas City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kansas City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kansas City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kansas City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.65% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian. In addition, Kansas City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.70%). The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
