Lenexa is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 40,097 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Lenexa is the 11th largest community in Kansas.

Lenexa is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.61% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lenexa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lenexa who work in sales jobs (16.40%), office and administrative support jobs (14.57%), and management occupations (12.26%).

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

In addition, Lenexa is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Lenexa is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lenexa really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lenexa perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One notable thing about Lenexa is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Lenexa is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.1% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Lenexa Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lenexa is a pretty powerful place. 49.79% of the adults in Lenexa have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lenexa in 2000 was $30,212, which is wealthy relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,848 for a family of four. However, Lenexa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Lenexa is English. Some people also speak Spanish.