Basehor is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 7,719 people and three associated neighborhoods, Basehor is the 50th largest community in Kansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Basehor, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Basehor, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Basehor’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Basehor does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $106,325.00. 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Basehor is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Basehor is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Basehor who work in management occupations (18.36%), sales jobs (8.99%), and teaching (8.25%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Basehor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Because of many things, Basehor is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Basehor really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Basehor perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small city, Basehor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Basehor is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.48% of adults in Basehor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Basehor in 2022 was $43,815, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,260 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 Italian. The most common language spoken in Basehor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
