Gardner vs Olathe

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Olathe: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardner and Olathe are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olathe has the higher population (143,720 vs 24,020 in Gardner). Olathe has the higher median household income ($112,232 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Olathe has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Olathe
Population	24,020	143,720
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$112,232
Median home value	$276,000	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,314
Housing units	8,478	53,543
Homeownership rate	67.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Olathe
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	137,618 → 143,720 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$90,435 → $112,232 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$238,100 → $340,600 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$1,019 → $1,314 (+28.9%)

Gardner

Population

21,52824,020

Median household income

$78,180$92,579

Median home value

$189,100$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,296

Olathe

Population

137,618143,720

Median household income

$90,435$112,232

Median home value

$238,100$340,600

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Olathe
Under 5	9.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.3%
75 and over	2.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Olathe
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	7.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Olathe
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Olathe
Drove alone	77.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.5%	18.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Olathe
1-unit, detached	65.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Olathe
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	2002	1994