Olathe vs Overland Park

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

Olathe 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 143,720 in Olathe). Olathe has the higher median household income ($112,232 vs $103,838 in Overland Park). Overland Park has the higher median home value ($384,400 vs $340,600 in Olathe).

Population, income & housing

	Olathe	Overland Park
Population	143,720	197,199
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,232	$103,838
Median home value	$340,600	$384,400
Median gross rent	$1,314	$1,455
Housing units	53,543	87,298
Homeownership rate	73.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olathe	Overland Park
Population	137,618 → 143,720 (+4.4%)	191,011 → 197,199 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$90,435 → $112,232 (+24.1%)	$86,487 → $103,838 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$238,100 → $340,600 (+43.0%)	$276,100 → $384,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,314 (+28.9%)	$1,164 → $1,455 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Olathe	Overland Park
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olathe	Overland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olathe	Overland Park
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	16.5%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olathe	Overland Park
Drove alone	71.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.8%	22.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olathe	Overland Park
1-unit, detached	71.0%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	17.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Olathe	Overland Park
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1994	1989