Westwood Hills

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Westwood Hills

Total population

469

Median home value

$564,000

87.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$190,625

Westwood Hills$191k

National$74k

Elevation275 m

Land area0.17 km²

Weather73°F · Slight Chance Drizzle

Coordinates39.04°, -94.61°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Westwood Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 400. It is the most densely populated city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area at 6,240 people per square mile. It borders Kansas City, Missouri.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Westwood Hills, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Charlie Parker

American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)

Burt Bacharach

American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)

Janelle Monáe

American singer and actress (born 1985)

Dee Wallace

American actress

Maurice Greene

American sprinter

Scott Foley

American actor

Richard Hickock

one of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Herbert Clutter family

John L. Kelley

American mathematician (1916–1999)

D

Daniel L. Fapp

American cinematographer (1904-1986)

Joyce DiDonato

American opera mezzo-soprano

Seth Greisinger

American baseball player

Eric Stonestreet

American actor

Bob Orton Jr.

American professional wrestler (born 1950)

Angus Scrimm

American actor (1926–2016)

Edward F. Arn

American judge (1906-1998)

Lucius Allen

American basketball player (born 1947)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Mission Woods
  0.3 mi away
• Prairie Village
  3.9 mi away · pop. 22,874
• Lake Quivira
  8.5 mi away
• Leawood
  9.1 mi away · pop. 33,809
• Lenexa
  11.6 mi away · pop. 57,434
• De Soto
  18.9 mi away · pop. 6,414
• Lansing
  20.8 mi away · pop. 11,246
• Linwood
  23.1 mi away · pop. 312
• Tonganoxie
  25.6 mi away
• Eudora
  27 mi away
• Louisburg
  29.1 mi away
• Paola
  34.5 mi away · pop. 5,770

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 177 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 178 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).