Basehor is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 7,544 people and three associated neighborhoods, Basehor is the 50th largest community in Kansas. Basehor has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Basehor, where the median household income is $100,608.00.

Basehor real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Basehor house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Basehor has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Basehor is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Basehor are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.92% of adults in Basehor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Basehor in 2018 was $43,144, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,576 for a family of four. However, Basehor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Basehor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Basehor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Basehor include German, English, Irish, Czech, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Basehor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Laotian.