Cities in Kansas by housing units

Wichita, KS had the highest housing units of 38 cities in 2021, at 173,659. Spring Hill, KS had the lowest, at 2,712. The median was 9,537 and the figure for Kansas was 1.27 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest173,659Wichita, KS

Lowest2,712Spring Hill, KS

Median9,53738 cities

Kansas1,272,290History

All cities, 2021

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 count
1	Wichita, KS	173,659
2	Overland Park, KS	84,370
3	Kansas City, KS	63,418
4	Topeka, KS	60,061
5	Olathe, KS	51,864
6	Lawrence, KS	43,087
7	Shawnee, KS	25,991
8	Lenexa, KS	25,138
9	Manhattan, KS	23,834
10	Salina, KS	20,873
11	Hutchinson, KS	18,048
12	Leavenworth, KS	15,122
13	Leawood, KS	13,849
14	Emporia, KS	11,246
15	Junction City, KS	10,880
16	Garden City, KS	10,574
17	Prairie Village, KS	10,489
18	Derby, KS	10,435
19	Hays, KS	9,639
20	Pittsburg, KS	9,434
21	Dodge City, KS	9,418
22	Gardner, KS	8,214
23	Newton, KS	8,138
24	Liberal, KS	7,249
25	Great Bend, KS	7,031
26	McPherson, KS	6,368
27	El Dorado, KS	6,080
28	Arkansas City, KS	5,689
29	Ottawa, KS	5,445
30	Mission, KS	5,380
31	Merriam, KS	5,378
32	Andover, KS	5,161
33	Winfield, KS	5,031
34	Haysville, KS	4,357
35	Atchison, KS	4,226
36	Lansing, KS	3,452
37	Bel Aire, KS	2,811
38	Spring Hill, KS	2,712

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Kansas by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Kansas by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Kansas by housing units, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Kansas by housing units, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Kansas by housing units, 2021}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest housing units?

Wichita, KS, with 173,659 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.