Leawood vs Olathe

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

Leawood 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 33,844 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $112,232 in Olathe). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $340,600 in Olathe).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Olathe
Population	33,844	143,720
Median age	48.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$112,232
Median home value	$620,400	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,314
Housing units	13,861	53,543
Homeownership rate	91.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Olathe
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	137,618 → 143,720 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$90,435 → $112,232 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$238,100 → $340,600 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$1,019 → $1,314 (+28.9%)

Leawood

Population

34,67033,844

Median household income

$157,515$184,976

Median home value

$463,200$620,400

Median gross rent

$1,619$1,753

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)

	Leawood	Olathe
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Olathe
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	73.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Olathe
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	5.7%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Olathe
Drove alone	73.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.5%	18.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Olathe
1-unit, detached	84.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Olathe
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1989	1994