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A city of 9,915 people in Kansas
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Map of Mission: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land2.1%36 of 1,701 acres
Trails1.1 mi0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves54 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Mission

City in Kansas, United States
9,954Population
2.7 sq miArea
1,017 ftElevation

Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,954.

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ZIP code66201, 66202, 66205
Area code913
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Housing in Mission

$333K▲ 4.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Mission home is worth about $333,000, up 4.6% in a year, 34% above the Kansas typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market3
Sold in May11
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Safety in Mission

D

Safety Grade D

Mission reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Mission 3.1
Kansas 4.8
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Mission 46.3
Kansas 19.2
U.S. 15.5
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A−

School Grade A-

The public schools Mission’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#4Best public schoolsof 123 in KS
DistrictShawnee Mission Pub SchSchools3

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within KS. Ratings are from neighbors.

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