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Kansas City, MO
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Living in Kansas City



Kansas City is a very large city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 509,297 people and 167 associated neighborhoods, Kansas City is the largest community in Missouri.

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 12.18% 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.

Kansas City is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Kansas City is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

The citizens of Kansas City are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.13% of adults in Kansas City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kansas City in 2018 was $38,146, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,584 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 11.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.