Kansas · Census place 2060825

Roeland Park, Kansas

Roeland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas with an estimated 6,689 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,689
#52 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-177 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
4,129 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Roeland Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Roeland Park population, 2020 to 2024

Roeland Park lost 177 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Roeland Park is 58% of it.

6,86620206,80520216,73420226,69820236,6892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,874. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roeland Park covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 4,129 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Roeland Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Roeland Park is in

All of Roeland Park's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Roeland Park holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roeland Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roeland Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66205. 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 Roeland Park is

The Census internal point of Roeland Park is at 39.035900, -94.637400. Topeka, the capital, is 55.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mission, KS (10,013 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, MO, 7.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.035900, -94.637400
DMS
39°02'9.24"N 94°38'14.64"W
UTM
15N 358282.3E 4322036.0N
Geohash
9yuwn6r0s
Plus code
86F729P7+92

Daylight in Roeland Park

At 39.04° N, Roeland Park gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roeland Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairway, 0.9 miles away, with 4,160 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roeland Park, KS?

6,689 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 177 (2.6%) from 6,866 in July 2020.

What county is Roeland Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roeland Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66205.

How far is Roeland Park from Topeka?

55.8 miles (89.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Roeland Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Roeland Park?

Mission, KS, with 10,013 residents, 1.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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