Lenexa vs Olathe

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

Lenexa 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 57,986 in Lenexa). Olathe has the higher median household income ($112,232 vs $102,344 in Lenexa). Lenexa has the higher median home value ($368,800 vs $340,600 in Olathe).

Population, income & housing

	Lenexa	Olathe
Population	57,986	143,720
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$112,232
Median home value	$368,800	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,314
Housing units	25,593	53,543
Homeownership rate	56.8%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenexa	Olathe
Population	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)	137,618 → 143,720 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)	$90,435 → $112,232 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)	$238,100 → $340,600 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)	$1,019 → $1,314 (+28.9%)

Lenexa

Population

54,01157,986

Median household income

$87,102$102,344

Median home value

$260,900$368,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,429

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)

	Lenexa	Olathe
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.3%
75 and over	5.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenexa	Olathe
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	73.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenexa	Olathe
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenexa	Olathe
Drove alone	71.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	18.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenexa	Olathe
1-unit, detached	56.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	13.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lenexa	Olathe
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1991	1994