Mission is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 9,528 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Mission is the 38th largest community in Kansas.

Mission is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.84% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mission is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mission who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.73%), sales jobs (10.56%), and management occupations (10.51%).

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

Of important note, Mission is also a town of artists. Mission has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mission's character.

In addition, Mission 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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.95 minutes getting to work every day.

Mission is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Mission isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.21% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Mission Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mission, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mission is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 45.05% 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 Mission in 2000 was $27,870, which is wealthy relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,480 for a family of four.

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

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