Lenexa vs Overland Park

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

Lenexa 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 57,986 in Lenexa). Overland Park has the higher median household income ($103,838 vs $102,344 in Lenexa). Overland Park has the higher median home value ($384,400 vs $368,800 in Lenexa).

Population, income & housing

	Lenexa	Overland Park
Population	57,986	197,199
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$103,838
Median home value	$368,800	$384,400
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,455
Housing units	25,593	87,298
Homeownership rate	56.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenexa	Overland Park
Population	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)	191,011 → 197,199 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)	$86,487 → $103,838 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)	$276,100 → $384,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)	$1,164 → $1,455 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Lenexa	Overland Park
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenexa	Overland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	73.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenexa	Overland Park
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	13.7%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenexa	Overland Park
Drove alone	71.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	22.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenexa	Overland Park
1-unit, detached	56.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	17.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lenexa	Overland Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1991	1989