Kansas · Census place 2039075

Leawood, Kansas

Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas with an estimated 34,013 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 34,013; #13 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +0.4%; +132 people
Land area: 15.1 sq mi; + 0.10 sq mi water
Density: 2,251 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Leawood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Leawood population, 2020 to 2024

Leawood added 132 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +109. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Leawood is 2.9 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 33,896. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Leawood covers 15.11 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,251 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Leawood is denser than the typical town.

What county Leawood is in

All of Leawood's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Leawood holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leawood

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Leawood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66206, 66209, 66211, 66224. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Leawood is

The Census internal point of Leawood is at 38.907300, -94.625200. Topeka, the capital, is 57.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Overland Park, KS (202,893 people), 3.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.907300, -94.625200
DMS: 38°54'26.28"N 94°37'30.72"W
UTM: 15N 359083.6E 4307745.0N
Geohash: 9yutqfb53
Plus code: 86C7W94F+WW

Daylight in Leawood

At 38.91° N, Leawood gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leawood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Overland Park, 3.7 miles away, with 202,893 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Leawood, KS?

34,013 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 132 (0.4%) from 33,881 in July 2020.

What county is Leawood in?

Johnson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Leawood?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66206, 66209, 66211, 66224.

How far is Leawood from Topeka?

57.4 miles (92.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Leawood.

What is the nearest larger city to Leawood?

Overland Park, KS, with 202,893 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.