Leawood vs Overland Park

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

Leawood 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 33,844 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($184,976 vs $103,838 in Overland Park). Leawood has the higher median home value ($620,400 vs $384,400 in Overland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Leawood	Overland Park
Population	33,844	197,199
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$184,976	$103,838
Median home value	$620,400	$384,400
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,455
Housing units	13,861	87,298
Homeownership rate	91.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leawood	Overland Park
Population	34,670 → 33,844 (-2.4%)	191,011 → 197,199 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$157,515 → $184,976 (+17.4%)	$86,487 → $103,838 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$463,200 → $620,400 (+33.9%)	$276,100 → $384,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $1,753 (+8.3%)	$1,164 → $1,455 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Leawood	Overland Park
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leawood	Overland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	73.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leawood	Overland Park
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	5.7%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leawood	Overland Park
Drove alone	73.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.5%	22.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leawood	Overland Park
1-unit, detached	84.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	17.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Leawood	Overland Park
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1989	1989