Roeland Park, Kansas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 2.7% since 2020.
6,683
people, the 53rd-largest of Kansas's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
96.6%
of 1,754 jobs located in Roeland Park are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 92% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,582
a month. Kansas's median is $1,060.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,307 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Johnson County.
- $988 Tract 535.57
- $3,295 Tract 536.03
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$764–$1,146
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,582 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 24 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 94% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 3,478 homes here.
8–18
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 27% more than Kansas's.
$276,200
median home value in Roeland Park.
- $276,200 Roeland Park
- $217,200 Kansas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year