Jennings vs Overland

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

Jennings and Overland are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Overland has the higher population (15,762 vs 12,900 in Jennings). Overland has the higher median household income ($57,755 vs $37,356 in Jennings). Overland has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $62,300 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings	Overland
Population	12,900	15,762
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,356	$57,755
Median home value	$62,300	$121,500
Median gross rent	$944	$1,073
Housing units	7,221	6,514
Homeownership rate	43.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings	Overland
Population	14,712 → 12,900 (-12.3%)	15,715 → 15,762 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$33,425 → $37,356 (+11.8%)	$44,516 → $57,755 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $62,300 (-3.9%)	$89,000 → $121,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $944 (+10.7%)	$966 → $1,073 (+11.1%)

Jennings

Population

14,71212,900

Median household income

$33,425$37,356

Median home value

$64,800$62,300

Median gross rent

$853$944

Overland

Population

15,71515,762

Median household income

$44,516$57,755

Median home value

$89,000$121,500

Median gross rent

$966$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennings	Overland
Under 5	5.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	21.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.7%
75 and over	8.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings	Overland
White (non-Hispanic)	4.6%	52.7%
Black or African American	91.1%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings	Overland
No high school diploma	19.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings	Overland
Drove alone	65.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.2%
Public transit	13.5%	0.2%
Walked	6.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings	Overland
1-unit, detached	75.2%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jennings	Overland
Poverty rate	24.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1954	1953