A city of 103,656, settled in 1865. Home to 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Lee's Summit does most differently from other towns.
2006 · ColeYoungerGrave060706a6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 20 places on the National Register.
10.4% of the town is conserved land, across 44 parks and preserves.
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44 miles of trails across 44 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Longview Lake Park | 10.5 mi | 1,403 |
| 2. Fleming Park | 9.5 mi | 1,790 |
| 3. Legacy Park | 6.7 mi | 680 |
About one in 5 of Lee's Summit’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (31%), Overland Park (7%) and Independence (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
The public schools Lee's Summit’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elem. | K–5 | 604 | C |
| Chapel Lakes Elem. | K–5 | 600 | A+ |
| Voy Spears JR. Elem. | K–5 | 546 | A+ |
| Underwood Elem. | K–5 | 511 | B+ |
| Cedar Creek Elem. | K–5 | 487 | A |
| Hawthorn Hill Elem. | K–5 | 444 | A |
The typical Lee's Summit home is worth about $394,000, up 3.1% in a year, 47% above the Missouri typical home.
Lee's Summit beats the Missouri average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| What stands out | Lee's Summit | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 13.7% |
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 49% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Missouri.
| Lee's Summit | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.7% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.2% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.8% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.1% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
Lee's Summit reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 66% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 73%.
Lee's Summit has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 38% of U.S. communities.
91,364 people in 2010; 103,656 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
20 places in Lee's Summit on the National Register of Historic Places.
27 notable people were born in Lee's Summit.
City in the United States
Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson and Cass counties in Missouri, United States. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area and is a suburb of Kansas City, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,108, making Lee's Summit the sixth most populous city in both Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is part of the Wooded Osage Plains region, characterized by rolling topography. In 1865, the town was incorporated as Strother, remaining so until it was renamed Lee’s Summit three years later. Lee's Summit began as an agricultural community and persisted as such until the mid-twentieth century. Upon the conclusion of World War I…
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6 towns share a border with Lee's Summit.
