Olpe vs Reading

A side-by-side comparison of Olpe and Reading: population, income, housing, and more.

Olpe and Reading are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olpe has the higher population (603 vs 195 in Reading). Olpe has the higher median household income ($87,917 vs $65,938 in Reading). Olpe has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $47,700 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Olpe	Reading
Population	603	195
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,917	$65,938
Median home value	$158,300	$47,700
Median gross rent	$815	$675
Housing units	221	83
Homeownership rate	78.4%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olpe	Reading
Population	577 → 603 (+4.5%)	219 → 195 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $87,917 (+27.9%)	$53,125 → $65,938 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $158,300 (+18.8%)	$61,000 → $47,700 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $815 (-9.8%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Olpe

Population

577603

Median household income

$68,750$87,917

Median home value

$133,300$158,300

Median gross rent

$904$815

Reading

Population

219195

Median household income

$53,125$65,938

Median home value

$61,000$47,700

Median gross rent

$750$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olpe	Reading
Under 5	9.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	27.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	6.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olpe	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olpe	Reading
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olpe	Reading
Drove alone	77.0%	93.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	2.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olpe	Reading
1-unit, detached	80.1%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Olpe	Reading
Poverty rate	1.3%	8.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1977	1972