Olathe

City Commute Profile

Olathe, KS

Where Olathe’s 75,500 resident workers go each day — 25.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Overland Park.

KansasLODES 2023 data
72
Commute Score

72 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Olathe at a glance
Employed Residents
75,500
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
25.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
20.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Overland Park
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Olathe proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Olathe commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Olathe

75,500 commutes, one dot at a time

Olathe

Where 75,500 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Olathe, by worker count.

1Olathe0.0 mi19,563
2Overland Park7.2 mi15,959
3Lenexa6.0 mi8,368
4Kansas City19.7 mi6,580
5Kansas City16.9 mi3,974
6Shawnee9.5 mi2,343
7Leawood9.7 mi1,887
8Merriam11.4 mi1,240

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Olathe.

1Olathe0.0 mi19,563
2Overland Park7.2 mi9,305
3Kansas City19.7 mi4,373
4Kansas City16.9 mi4,116
5Lenexa6.0 mi3,457
6Shawnee9.5 mi3,426
7Gardner8.0 mi2,615
8Lawrence25.1 mi1,607

Top industries

The sectors that employ Olathe’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.3%
RTRetail Trade11.6%
MFManufacturing10.5%
EDEducational Services9.3%
PAPublic Administration8.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
WSWholesale Trade6.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.8%
COConstruction6.4%

Olathe city profile

Who lives in Olathe — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
145,057
Median age
37.2yrs
Median household income
$114,009
Median home value
$364,700
Median gross rent
$1,314/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
50.5%
Poverty rate
5.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Olathe

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps99%
See all internet providers in Olathe

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