Merriam, Roeland Park, Mission and Shawnee are among the northeast Johnson County cities with the highest poverty rates, according to a United Community Services of Johnson County fact sheet. The local nonprofit’s data details poverty rates for the 19 cities and seven townships in Johnson County, based on five-year estimates (2015-2019) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. While the data was collected prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic it is useful to understand the difficulties residents currently face, UCS staff said in a newsletter.
Source: Prairie Village Post
