About Leawood
Leawood, KS is a thriving city located in eastern Kansas counting 34,013 people who proudly call it home.
Leawood holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 15.11 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 2,251 residents per square mile.
📰 Leawood News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Leawood Unique
- A top-25 city in Kansas by population (#13 of 626 incorporated places).
- Positioned in eastern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Home to 1.4% of Kansas's city-dwelling population.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 34,013.
- Easy reach of Overland Park (4 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Leawood
- 7 Brew Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Applebee's — american
- Barrio — mexican
- Cafe Vie
- Caleb's Breakfast & Lunch — brunch
- China Dragon — chinese
- Cozy Thai Restaurant — thai
- Crows Coffee Red Bridge — coffee shop (café)
- Crushed Red- Overland Park
- Eat Fit Go
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- All Seasons Indoor Golf Club · Arcade
- Eva Reynolds Fine Art Gallery · Art gallery
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks · Attraction
- The Regnier Family Wonderscope · Museum
- Wonderscope Children Museum · Museum
- Chuck E. Cheese's
- Leawood Aquatic Center · Water park
- The Rice Gallery of Fine Art · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Leawood
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Leawood
- Brookwood Elem
- Leawood Elementary
- Leawood Middle
- Mission Trail Elementary
- Prairie Star Elementary
- Prairie Star Middle
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
- Ascentist Hospital Llc
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.