Overland Park vs Shawnee

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

Overland Park and Shawnee 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 68,175 in Shawnee). Shawnee has the higher median household income ($106,312 vs $103,838 in Overland Park). Overland Park has the higher median home value ($384,400 vs $332,900 in Shawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Overland Park	Shawnee
Population	197,199	68,175
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,838	$106,312
Median home value	$384,400	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,233
Housing units	87,298	26,811
Homeownership rate	61.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Overland Park	Shawnee
Population	191,011 → 197,199 (+3.2%)	65,540 → 68,175 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$86,487 → $103,838 (+20.1%)	$87,120 → $106,312 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$276,100 → $384,400 (+39.2%)	$237,500 → $332,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,455 (+25.0%)	$1,008 → $1,233 (+22.3%)

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

Shawnee

Population

65,54068,175

Median household income

$87,120$106,312

Median home value

$237,500$332,900

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Overland Park	Shawnee
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Overland Park	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Overland Park	Shawnee
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	11.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Overland Park	Shawnee
Drove alone	70.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	18.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Overland Park	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	56.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	10.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Overland Park	Shawnee
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1989	1988