Gardner vs Overland Park

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

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

Overland Park has the higher population (197,199 vs 24,020 in Gardner). Overland Park has the higher median household income ($103,838 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Overland Park has the higher median home value ($384,400 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Overland Park
Population	24,020	197,199
Median age	31.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$103,838
Median home value	$276,000	$384,400
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,455
Housing units	8,478	87,298
Homeownership rate	67.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Overland Park
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	191,011 → 197,199 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$86,487 → $103,838 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$276,100 → $384,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$1,164 → $1,455 (+25.0%)

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

Overland Park

Population

191,011197,199

Median household income

$86,487$103,838

Median home value

$276,100$384,400

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Overland Park
Under 5	9.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.4%
75 and over	2.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Overland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	73.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Overland Park
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Overland Park
Drove alone	77.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.5%	22.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Overland Park
1-unit, detached	65.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	17.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Overland Park
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2002	1989