Cost of living in Shawnee, Kansas
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,322 a month.
Shawnee is a city in Kansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $109,940 a year.
- People
- 68,542
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,322
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $109,940
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $359,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,546
- Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area
Shawnee, Kansas has about 68,542 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $359,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Johnson County is $1,546 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Shawnee. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, prices sit at 92.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Kansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Shawnee's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Kansas home paid 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Shawnee's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kansas in the table we use.
Among 184 places we list in Kansas with a rent figure, 15 have higher typical rent than Shawnee.
Nearby places
- Lenexa
Typical rent $1,454
Compare with Shawnee - Edwardsville
Typical rent $1,053
Compare with Shawnee - Bonner Springs
Typical rent $1,165
Compare with Shawnee - Merriam
Typical rent $1,181
Compare with Shawnee - Mission
Typical rent $1,194
Compare with Shawnee - Kansas City
Typical rent $1,123
Compare with Shawnee - De Soto
Typical rent $1,158
Compare with Shawnee - Roeland Park
Typical rent $1,582
Compare with Shawnee
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Kansas
Bigger places in Kansas
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.