KC Facts & Figures
Demographics
View more demographics in the Greater Kansas City Profile. Plus, here are more great statistics on KC.
| Cost of Living Comparison | |||||||
METRO AREA |
median household income | median sales price of existing single-family homes | median rent | cost of living index | Grocery Index | Utilities Index | Trans-portation index |
| Kansas City, MO/KS | $54,521 |
$140,700 |
$763 |
96.7 |
94.5 |
89.6 |
97.5 |
| Boston | $69,334 |
$332,600 |
$1,123 |
130.9 |
117 |
156.6 |
100.7 |
| Denver | $59,007 |
$219,900 |
$876 |
102.9 |
101.4 |
99.3 |
94.3 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | $63,114 |
$177,700 |
$840 |
112.7 |
117 |
100.9 |
101.1 |
| Raleigh-Cary | $59,316 |
$215,400 |
$842 |
101.3 |
108.9 |
100.6 |
99.5 |
| San Francisco & the Bay Area | $73,825 |
$493,300 |
$1,303 |
162.9 |
118.6 |
92.4 |
112.6 |
| Washington D.c. | $85,168 |
$308,600 |
$1,303 |
138.6 |
111 |
101 |
105.6 |
| United States Median | $50,221 |
$172,100 |
$842 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey, National Associaton of Realtors 2009, The Council for Community & Economic Research Annual 2009.
Major Companies
| American Century Investments* | General Motors |
| AMC Theatres* | Great Plains Energy |
| Applebee's International* | H&R Block* |
| Aquila | Hallmark Cards, Inc.* |
| AT&T | Honeywell |
| Bayer CropScience | Inergy LP* |
| Black & Veatch* | JE Dunn Construction* |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe | Kansas City Southern* |
| Burns & McDonnell* | Kauffman Foundation* |
| Cerner Corp.* | LabOne Inc.* |
| DST Systems* | Quintiles |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc.* | Seaboard Corp.* |
| Ferrellgas Partners LP* | Sprint Nextel Corp. |
| Ford Motor Co. | UPS |
| Garmin International* | YRC Worldwide* |
* Headquartered in KC
Major Colleges and Universities