Demographics of Lee's Summit city, Missouri

Lee's Summit city, Missouri had 107,514 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +5,949 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Lee's Summit city, in four figures

107,514
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 103,656 ±83.; +5.9%
Change since July 2020: +5,949 people.; 38.8 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $102,531 ±$3,833
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Lee's Summit city, Missouri's population grew 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lee's Summit city, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Lee's Summit city, Missouri's population grew 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lee's Summit city, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	101,565	100.0	100.0
2021	102,837	101.3	100.2
2022	103,314	101.7	100.7
2023	104,316	102.7	101.6
2024	106,582	104.9	102.5
2025	107,514	105.9	103.1

Population of Lee's Summit city, Missouri on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	101,565	—
2021	102,837	+1,272
2022	103,314	+477
2023	104,316	+1,002
2024	106,582	+2,266
2025	107,514	+932

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.8 ±1.0: for men 38.2 ±1.3 and for women 39.2 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lee's Summit city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Under 5	6,050 ±602	5.8% ±0.6	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	20,429 ±1,184	19.7% ±1.1	16.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	7,265 ±700	7.0% ±0.7	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	27,045 ±1,326	26.1% ±1.3	26.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	26,091 ±1,196	25.2% ±1.2	24.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	16,776 ±863	16.2% ±0.8	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $102,531 ±$3,833, and income per person $48,894 ±$1,490, in 2024 dollars. The median is $70,702 ±$325 in Missouri and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Lee's Summit city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Missouri	United States
Under $25,000	3,439 ±689	8.5% ±1.7	15.8% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	5,436 ±642	13.4% ±1.6	19.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	5,603 ±528	13.8% ±1.3	17.4% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	5,147 ±586	12.7% ±1.4	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	8,493 ±678	21.0% ±1.6	17.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	6,164 ±627	15.2% ±1.5	8.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	6,244 ±458	15.4% ±1.1	8.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Lee's Summit city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Missouri	United States
All ages	5,885 ±1,114	5.7% ±1.1	12.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,971 ±526	7.5% ±2.0	15.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,766 ±530	5.2% ±1.0	12.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,148 ±265	4.9% ±1.1	10.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lee's Summit city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lee's Summit city	Missouri	United States
Housing units	42,240 ±926	2,825,287 ±1,043	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.9% ±0.4	88.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.1% ±0.9	11.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.4% ±1.7	68.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.6% ±2.1	31.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$340,900 ±$6,961	$230,300 ±$880	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,422 ±$54	$1,033 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1994 ±1	1978 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Lee's Summit city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Hispanic or Latino	6,369 ±1,124	6.1% ±1.1	5.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	79,967 ±1,588	77.1% ±1.5	76.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	9,971 ±1,121	9.6% ±1.1	10.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,933 ±506	1.9% ±0.5	2.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	46 to 210	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	202 to 610	0.2% to 0.6%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	492 ±239	0.5% ±0.2	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,390 ±715	4.2% ±0.7	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Lee's Summit city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Born in the state	62,053 ±1,656	59.9% ±1.6	65.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	36,287 ±1,490	35.0% ±1.4	29.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	824 ±213	0.8% ±0.2	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	4,492 ±821	4.3% ±0.8	4.5% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,373 ±694	3.3% ±0.7	2.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,119 ±327	1.1% ±0.3	2.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Lee's Summit city among the places of Missouri

5th of 143 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Missouri page.

Places of Missouri near Lee's Summit city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Kansas City city	510,612 ±174
Springfield city	169,954 ±92
Columbia city	128,548 ±62
Independence city	121,740 ±60
Lee's Summit city	103,656 ±83
O'Fallon city	93,801 ±84
St. Charles city	71,508 ±99
St. Joseph city	71,236 ±30
Blue Springs city	59,965 ±52
St. Peters city	59,092 ±49

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Lee's Summit city, Missouri

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in Missouri by median rent
No. 16 Places in Missouri by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 16 Places in Missouri by median household income
No. 20 Places in Missouri by median home value
No. 22 Places in Missouri by per capita income
No. 23 Places in Missouri by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026