Overland Park

City Commute Profile

Overland Park, KS

Where Overland Park’s 102,439 resident workers go each day — 31.7% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Kansas City.

KansasLODES 2023 data
74
Commute Score

74 / 100

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

Overland Park at a glance
Employed Residents
102,439
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
31.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
24.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Kansas City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Overland Park 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 Overland Park 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.

Overland Park

102,439 commutes, one dot at a time

Overland Park

Where 102,439 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Overland Park0.0 mi32,517
2Kansas City13.3 mi15,537
3Olathe7.2 mi9,305
4Lenexa5.4 mi9,223
5Kansas City12.6 mi6,418
6Leawood3.2 mi4,125
7Shawnee8.0 mi2,618
8Merriam6.6 mi1,974

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Overland Park.

1Overland Park0.0 mi32,517
2Olathe7.2 mi15,959
3Kansas City13.3 mi13,675
4Kansas City12.6 mi7,546
5Shawnee8.0 mi7,161
6Lenexa5.4 mi6,983
7Leawood3.2 mi4,216
8Lee’s Summit16.6 mi3,417

Top industries

The sectors that employ Overland Park’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 Assistance16.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services14.6%
FIFinance and Insurance11.2%
RTRetail Trade9.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.3%
EDEducational Services7.9%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises5.0%
WSWholesale Trade3.9%

Overland Park city profile

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

Population
200,306
Median age
38.6yrs
Median household income
$104,834
Median home value
$413,600
Median gross rent
$1,515/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
63.7%
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 Overland Park

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

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

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