Leawood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 27,870 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Leawood is the 14th largest community in Kansas.

Leawood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.70% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Leawood is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leawood who work in management occupations (21.88%), sales jobs (18.20%), and healthcare (10.22%).

Also of interest is that Leawood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Leawood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Leawood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Leawood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Leawood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Leawood's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

For most residents of Leawood, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.6% of people in Leawood drive alone to work on most days, making Leawood a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Leawood's landscape.

Leawood Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Leawood, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Leawood is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.01% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Leawood in 2000 was $49,139, which is wealthy relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $196,556 for a family of four. However, Leawood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Leawood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Leawood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Leawood include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Russian, Swedish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Leawood is English.