Kansas City

Most walkable Kansas City suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·25 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Downtown
Kansas City$243k median · 21.7 min commute
Amenities BCommute B+Residents inactive
78
Walkability
overall 61 C
2
Merriam$263k median · 22.2 min commute
Amenities BCommute B+Residents inactive
69
Walkability
overall 68 B−
3
Overland Park$414k median · 19.7 min commute
Amenities B+Commute A−Residents inactive
65
Walkability
overall 75 B
4
City Hall of Gladstone
Gladstone$232k median · 22.9 min commute
Amenities BCommute C+Residents inactive
62
Walkability
overall 67 C+
5
Prairie Village$436k median · 19.6 min commute
Amenities BCommute A−Residents inactive
60
Walkability
overall 75 B
6
Blue Springs, Missouri City Hall
Blue Springs$263k median · 25.7 min commute
Amenities B+Commute D+Residents inactive
59
Walkability
overall 66 C+
7
Olathe, Kansas
Olathe$365k median · 20.6 min commute
Amenities B−Commute B+Residents inactive
59
Walkability
overall 73 B
8
Informational kiosk for downtown Lee's Summit on the corner of Main Street and Third Street, with storefronts of local businesses in the background
Lee's Summit$341k median · 25.2 min commute
Amenities BCommute CResidents inactive
55
Walkability
overall 69 B−
9
Events are commonly held at the new Lenexa civic campus
Lenexa$395k median · 19.4 min commute
Amenities B−Commute A−Residents inactive
54
Walkability
overall 71 B−
10
Historic Clay County Court House in the Historic Square Liberty, Missouri
Liberty$283k median · 22.9 min commute
Amenities B−Commute C+Residents inactive
51
Walkability
overall 66 C+
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Kansas City (Stephen Edmonds · CC BY-SA 3.0); Gladstone (SamuelNelsonGISP · CC0); Blue Springs (Rowen Hansen · CC BY-SA 4.0); Olathe (KS123 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Lee's Summit (Damiens the Regicide · CC0); Lenexa (Kelseyneth · CC BY-SA 4.0); Liberty (Chiefs190 · CC BY-SA 4.0).