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Olathe, KS

149,027 Population
62.5 square miles 2,386.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$51,375 ±$3,369 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,790 ±$693
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
$113,624 ±$5,582 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,785 ±$1,719
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996

6.5% ±2.8% (9,583  ±4,177) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10.1% 224,212 (±0.8% / ±16,685)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)

22.3 minutes ±1.4 (1,522,580  ±130,791) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.7 23,701,690 (±0.3 / ±458,406)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)

Families

54,527 ±1,995 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 914,522 ±5,345
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
2.7 ±0.1 (147,236  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,224,701 (±0 / ±2,722)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876

5.9% ±2.2% (2,232  ±820) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 29,274 (±0.6% / ±3,374)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)

Housing

56,011 ±2,116 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 978,202 ±943
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918

$396,400 ±$13,129 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $314,300 ±$4,209
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937

10.7% ±1.8% (15,683  ±2,672.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 12% 267,806 (±0.7% / ±15,244.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)

Social

95.1% ±4.5% (94,300  ±5,218.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,438,559 (±1.3% / ±19,629.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
53.5% ±3.2% (53,022  ±3,533.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 40.7% 629,738 (±0.8% / ±12,533.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.5% ±2.3% (18,652  ±3,366) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 180,745 (±0.4% / ±9,373)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485

5% ±1.3% (5,615  ±1,478) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% 109,779 (±0.3% / ±4,786)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
5,615 Total veterans ±1,478 5,543 Male ±1,461 72 Female ±89

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