Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County has a population of 620,631 and has grown 4.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $391,200, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $109,208.

Home price
$391,200
Income
$109,208
Population
620,631
Unemployment
3.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$391,200county
Median gross rent$1,434county
Median year homes here were built1989county
Share of homes built before 198036.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,815county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,358county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,197county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,769county
Home insurance / yr$5,260(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.8(statewide)
Median household income$109,208county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate5.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home22.4%county
Unemployment rate3.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.2%county
Share of workers employed by government11.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.5%county
Economic output per resident$107,974county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.14%county
Top state income tax5.58%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.58%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.71%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service26 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5915078county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here5county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station14 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.5%county
Traffic deaths7.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher57.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.6%county
Public schools in the county164county
Public school enrollment93078county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible26.7%county
Elementary schools112county
Middle schools32county
High schools20county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above6county
Share of local colleges that are public14.3%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians119county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county11county
Hospitals here with an emergency department6county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year7.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year3.7%county
Frequent mental distress13.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity17.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population620,631county
Land area in square miles474county
People per square mile of land1310.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores93county
Convenience stores17county
Share living far from a food store30.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.2%county
Population change since 2020+4.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.0%county
Share of households that are one person27.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.2%county
Second languages12.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents61county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in17,190county
Households that moved away17,307county
Average income of arriving households$80,262county
Average income of departing households$87,288county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,237county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings36.5%county
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.4 incounty
Annual snowfall16.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.25 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F36 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing89 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days200 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$124county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use909 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity28.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas69.4%county
Homes heated by propane1.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband95.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk94.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk24.9county
Landslide risk69.0county
Hail risk98.9county
Earthquake risk75.7county
Tornado risk98.9county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk98.4county
Winter weather risk100.0county
Strong wind risk47.1county
Wildfire risk61.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Johnson County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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