Kansas City

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

7
137/265
Details
Large apartment$1300.00
Medium apartment$1100.00
Rent index [score]0.67
Small apartment$790.00

Cost of Living

6
123/248
Details
5km taxi ride$9.00
A Cappuccino$4.00
A beer$2.20
A kilogram of Apples$3.50
Bread$1.30
Inflation [score]0.58
Lunch$12.00
Monthly fitness club membership$45.00
Monthly public transport$51.00
Movie ticket$10.00
Price of a meal at a restaurant$67.10

Startups

3
215/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.10
Coworking spaces [score]0.56
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co34
Meetups [score]0.50
Meetups groups144
Meetups members47393
Number of investors33
Number of startup events in the last 12 months927
Number of upcoming meetup events55
Startup climate scene [score]0.38
Startup events289
Startup events [score]0.83
Startups [score]0.46
Total number of startups327

Venture Capital

4
78/192
Details
Funding accelerator namesSprint Mobile Health Accelerator (Techstars), Spark Lab KC, Think Big Partners Accelerator
Number of funding accelerators3
Venture capital [score]0.35

Travel Connectivity

2
188/266
Details
Airport hub43
Airport hub [score]0.25
Intercity train connectivity [score]0.12

Commute

2
241/255
Details
Human city pagehttp://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Kansas_City
Traffic handling [score]0.79

Business Freedom

9
69/264
Details
Business freedom84.70
Business freedom [score]0.86
Freedom from corruption74.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.79
Lack of labor restrictions91.40
Lack of labor restrictions [score]1.00
Time to open a business5.60
Time to open a business [score]0.95

Safety

4
241/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.30
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year15
Guns per 100 residents76
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.60
Lack of guns [score]0.58
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.59

Healthcare

9
70/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.99
Healthcare quality [score]0.88
Life expectancy (years)79.28
Life expectancy [score]0.76

Education

4
165/240
Details
Country mean scores in PISA math test478.04
Country mean scores in PISA reading test497.58
Country mean scores in PISA science test497.41
PISA math ranking (high school)30
PISA ranking24
PISA ranking (high school) [score]0.72
PISA reading (high school)16
PISA science (high school)19
Percent of happy students0.77
Percent of low performers in PISA math test0.26
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test0.17
Percent of low performers in PISA science test0.18
Percent of top performers in PISA math test0.09
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test0.08
Percent of top performers in PISA science test0.07

Environmental Quality

8
64/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.90
Cleanliness [score]0.70
Drinking water quality [score]0.74
Urban greenery [score]0.84

Economy

7
16/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area1.00
Currency for urban areaUSD
GDP growth rate0.02
GDP growth rate [score]0.43
GDP per capita$54596.65
GDP per capita [score]0.87

Taxation

4
179/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]0.54
Income tax level [score]0.27
Profit tax (% of profit)0.44
Time overhead to file company taxes175
VAT (Sales Tax)0.08

Internet Access

8
18/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)92.77
Internet access (download) [score]0.83
Internet access (upload) [score]0.81
Upload speed (Mbps)27.93

Leisure & Culture

7
92/264
Details
Art galleries188
Art galleries [score]0.74
Cinemas189
Cinemas [score]0.72
Comedy clubs89
Comedy clubs [score]0.84
Concert venues184
Concerts [score]0.80
Historical sites138
Historical sites [score]0.69
Museums88
Museums [score]0.65
Performing art venues210
Performing arts [score]0.75
Sport venues131
Sports [score]0.89
Zoos28
Zoos [score]0.88

Tolerance

5
223/266
Details
LGBT Equality Index72.14
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.73
LGBT adoption rights✔ Legal
LGBT age of consent✔ Equal
LGBT blood donation regulations✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
LGBT conversion therapy regulations✖ Not banned
LGBT discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT employment discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT gender changing rights✔ Legal, but requires surgery
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT marriage rights✔ Legal
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.27

Outdoors

4
174/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.17
Median peak in meters290.00
Urban area elevation (meters)284.00
Water access [score]0.66
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Kansas City are in the 123rd place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$670$910
$790
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$45
Movie ticket$10
Broadband internet connection$47
Monthly public transport$51
Lunch$12
-32%
compared to
San Francisco
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Job salary calculator

Software Engineer salaries in Kansas City are high. For this job type, Kansas City ranks 33rd for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Kansas City.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$77,107
Median salary
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Locals review Kansas City

Do locals recommend living in Kansas City?

What could Kansas City do better?#improveKansasCity

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What makes Kansas City a special place?#praiseKansasCity

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Taxation

Personal taxation

Effective income tax rate

14%
For annual salary of $40000
20%
For annual salary of $80000

Value added tax (VAT)

8%
Standard tax rate. Different rates might apply for certain product categories.

Compared to other cities

207/266

Corporate taxation

Compared to other cities

113/263
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Safety

Overall crime rates

Assault
Very Low
1/51

Crime rate development in the last 4 months

Gun crimes & Ownership

76.33
Guns per 100 people
14.56
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
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Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Kansas City in position 231 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

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Great for

  • Cost of Living
  • Internet Access
  • Medical Facilities
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Pest Free

Not Great for

    Who lives here

    • Professionals
    • Singles
    • Families with kids
    • Retirees
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    People in Kansas City

    Population of Kansas City

    1,873,100
    347 /km²
    225/264
    Density (people per unit of area)
    4%
    Growth in 2015-2020
    Kansas City

    Demographics of United States

    Median age
    38
    Elderly people
    15%
    Life expectancy at birth
    80
    GDP per capita (in USD)
    $54,597
    12/263
    Unemployment
    5%
    110/264

    Languages

    English proficiency score
    100
    1/228
    Common spoken languages
    English

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    Teleport users who are      Kansas City

    Work in:

    Software Engineer
    8.65%
    Graphic Designer
    6.73%
    Teacher
    5.77%
    Web Developer
    4.81%
    Founder
    4.81%
    Account Manager
    3.85%
    Customer Support
    3.85%
    Other
    61.54%

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    Climate

    Average number of clear days per year

    121

    Climate type

    Humid Subtropical

    Average daily maximum temperature

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    On living in Kansas City

    Kansas City is a large, major Midwestern metropolitan area that spreads across the border of Missouri and Kansas and has a population of around 2 million. The central city of the metro area is Kansas City, Missouri, the largest city in Missouri, with a population of around 450,000. Across the state border is Kansas City, Kansas, often called "KCK" by locals, which has a population of 150,000. There are also a number of suburbs on both sides of the border.

    Kansas City is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists. Reputed to have more boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any other city in the world except for Rome, it can be a beautiful city, too. It is also unique, in that it is split down the middle by the state line of Kansas and Missouri.

    The suburbs are largely south of the central city, though the area north of the Missouri River (known locally as the Northland) is beginning to experience growth similar to the south. Numbering of east/west streets begins at the Missouri River with the east/west division occurring at Main Street. Westport is around 40th St., the Plaza at 47th St., Brookside at 55th, and Waldo beginning around Gregory (71st St.).

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    Good Country Index

    Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

    Overall ranking

    United States
    23rd from a total of 163 countries

    World Order

    26th

    Refugees hosted

    Refugees generated

    Charity giving

    Birth rate

    UN Treaties signed

    International Peace & Security

    66th

    Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

    International violent conflict

    Peacekeeping troops

    Arms exports

    Internet security (2014)

    Planet & Climate

    34th

    Ecological footprint

    Reforestation since 1992

    Hazardous pesticides exports

    CO2 emissions

    Ozone

    Prosperity & Equality

    46th

    Development assistance

    FDI outflows

    Fairtrade market size

    UN volunteers abroad

    Open trading

    Culture

    53rd

    Freedom of movement

    Press freedom

    Creative services exports

    UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

    Creative goods exports

    Science & Technology

    20th

    Nobel prizes

    Patents

    Journal exports

    International publications

    International Students

    Health & Wellbeing

    12th

    Pharmaceutical exports

    Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

    Food aid

    Humanitarian aid donations

    International Health Regulations Compliance

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