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Lee's Summit, MO
106,419 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2941348 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lee's Summit ranked #17 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lee's Summit and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Olathe KS, Centennial CO, Sandy Springs GA, Carlsbad CA, Arvada CO, Cary NC, Westminster CO, Richardson TX, Overland Park KS, Suffolk VA, Vacaville CA, Simi Valley CA, Woodbridge NJ · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #17 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #9 | #22 | #16 | #31 | #34 | #8 | #58 | #33 | #18 | #39 | #13 | #10 | #6 | #23 | #12 | #26 | #20 | #14 | #17 | #1 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 80,811 | 82,864 | 84,986 | 87,094 | 89,573 | 91,526 | 91,920 | 92,376 | 92,968 | 93,727 | 94,871 | 96,034 | 97,169 | 98,522 | 99,357 | 101,572 | 102,838 | 103,293 | 104,263 | 106,419 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #74 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.1 | — | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #100 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 14.2 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 4.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #9 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 14.2% | 15.9% | 16.1% | 14.1% | 13.4% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 15.8% | 15.6% | 14.6% | 16.1% | 12.4% | 15.3% | 14.6% | 13.4% | — | 15.4% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 17.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #22 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.2 | 2.4 | — | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | — | — | — | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | 2.9 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #75 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.0 | 43.2 | 24.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 31,332 | 32,100 | 34,623 | 35,222 | 33,441 | 34,358 | 35,393 | 36,240 | 38,480 | 38,744 | 39,777 | 41,334 | 41,815 | 42,113 | 42,496 | 41,127 | 42,808 | 45,140 | 45,540 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #282 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +8.9 | +1.6 | +4.6 | +1.1 | -0.9 | +2.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +4.8 | -2.4 | +0.6 | +1.8 | -0.2 | -0.8 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +3.0 | +1.9 | -2.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45,392 | 49,130 | 48,673 | 46,745 | 48,495 | 48,866 | 49,277 | 50,489 | 52,308 | — | 52,204 | 51,970 | 58,399 | 55,015 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #9 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.9% | 6.7% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 3.0% | — | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 2.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #11 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 38% | 41% | 42% | 40% | 41% | 31% | 20% | 28% | 31% | 30% | 29% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 42% | 37% | 47% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #33 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,572 | $1,466 | $2,000 | $1,660 | $1,511 | $1,460 | $1,758 | $1,086 | $1,198 | $1,122 | $1,006 | $1,020 | $826 | $1,066 | $946 | $891 | $733 | $605 | $513 | $628 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Lee's Summit. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.