Most Densely Populated Cities in Kansas: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Kansas in our data is Roeland Park, KS, with about 4,131 people per square mile, followed by Mission, KS (3,711) and Prairie Village, KS (3,590). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 61 Kansas communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Kansas?

How dense are the cities in Kansas?

The densest place is about 3 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 1,481 people per square mile. At the other end, Bonner Springs, KS has about 505. Under our scale, 0 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 52 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Johnson County contributes 10 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 32 counties of Kansas. Johnson County has 10 (Roeland Park, Mission, Prairie Village, Overland Park, Merriam, Leawood, Olathe, Gardner, ); Sedgwick County has 4 (Haysville, Derby, Wichita, Bel Aire); Butler County has 3 (Augusta, El Dorado, Andover). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Kansas compare with the rest of the country?

The median Kansas place with a page has about 11,949 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is smaller than the national typical place. The state has 669 communities in total, of which 61 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Kansas cities

• Which is the densest city in Kansas? Roeland Park (4,131 per square mile).
• How many Kansas cities have more than 100,000 people? 5 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 11.
• What is the typical size? About 11,949 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.