Kansas City, Missouri, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
Kansas City is one of the top ten city matches for 2.0% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $1300.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $1100.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.67 |
| Small apartment | $790.00 |
Cost of Living| 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| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
|---|---|
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.56 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 34 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.50 |
| Meetups groups | 144 |
| Meetups members | 47393 |
| Number of investors | 33 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 927 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 55 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.38 |
| Startup events | 289 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.83 |
| Startups [score] | 0.46 |
| Total number of startups | 327 |
Venture Capital| Funding accelerator names | Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator (Techstars), Spark Lab KC, Think Big Partners Accelerator |
|---|---|
| Number of funding accelerators | 3 |
| Venture capital [score] | 0.35 |
Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 43 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.25 |
| Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.12 |
Commute| Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Kansas_City |
|---|---|
| Traffic handling [score] | 0.79 |
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 84.70 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
| Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
| Time to open a business | 5.60 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.30 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 15 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 76 |
| 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| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.88 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Education| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
|---|---|
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
| PISA ranking | 24 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
| PISA science (high school) | 19 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.90 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.70 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.74 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.84 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | USD |
| GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
| GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Taxation| 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 taxes | 175 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.08 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 92.77 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.83 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.81 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 27.93 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 188 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.74 |
| Cinemas | 189 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.72 |
| Comedy clubs | 89 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.84 |
| Concert venues | 184 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.80 |
| Historical sites | 138 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.69 |
| Museums | 88 |
| Museums [score] | 0.65 |
| Performing art venues | 210 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.75 |
| Sport venues | 131 |
| Sports [score] | 0.89 |
| Zoos | 28 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.88 |
Tolerance| LGBT Equality Index | 72.14 |
|---|---|
| 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| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Median peak in meters | 290.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 284.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.66 |
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.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $45 |
|---|---|
 Movie ticket | $10 |
 Broadband internet connection | $47 |
 Monthly public transport | $51 |
 Lunch | $12 |
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.
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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121Kansas 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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