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Population (year 2000): 5,472. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,399 (+35.2% change)
Males: 2,647 (48.4%), Females: 2,825 (51.6%)
Clay County
Zip code:
64060
Median resident age: 31.1 years
Median household income: $56,603 (year 2000)
Median house value: $114,000 (year 2000)
Races in Kearney:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (23.4%), English (16.1%),
Irish (13.3%), United States (7.7%), Scotch-Irish (4.0%),
Scottish (2.8%).
Elevation: 849 feet
Land area: 6.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kearney
- High school or higher: 91.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kearney city
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 65.5%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 5.8%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +3,140
(+134.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kearney:
- LIBERTY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; LIBERTY, MO)
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO)
- ST LUKES NORTHLAND HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
SMITHVILLE, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kearney:
- CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN (about 24 miles; KANSAS
CITY, MO; ID: MKC)
- KANSAS CITY INTL (about 25 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO;
ID: MCI)
- ROSECRANS MEMORIAL (about 47 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO;
ID: STJ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kearney:
- CLAY COUNTY REGIONAL (about 6 miles; MOSBY, MO; ID:
GPH)
- ROOSTERVILLE (about 8 miles; LIBERTY, MO; ID: 0N0)
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MEMORIAL (about 13 miles;
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO; ID: 3EX)
Amtrak station near Kearney:
- 20 miles: INDEPENDENCE (600 S. GRAND AVE.).
Services: free short-term parking, call for taxi
service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kearney:
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; Full-time enrollment: 2,998)
- PARK UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; PARKVILLE, MO; FT
enrollment: 4,180)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (about 27 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,259)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY (about 28 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 8,830)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 31 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,189)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; LEES
SUMMIT, MO; FT enrollment: 4,576)
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 33 miles;
KANSAS CITY, KS; FT enrollment: 2,168)
Public high school in Kearney:
- KEARNEY HIGH (Students: 990; Location: 715 E
19TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kearney:
- SUMMIT RIDGE (Students: 788; Location: 2215 S
CAMPUS ST; Grades: 04 - 07)
- KEARNEY ELEM. (Students: 415; Location: 902 S
JEFFERSON; Grades: KG - 01)
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM. (Students: 341; Location: 7 S
CAMPUS DR; Grades: 03 - 04)
- KEARNEY JR. HIGH (Students: 300; Location:
305 S GROVE; Grades: 08 - 08)
- KEARNEY INTERMEDIATE (Students: 300;
Location: 1815 S JEFFERSON; Grades: 02 - 03)
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