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Olathe, KS

143,006 Population
62 square miles 2,306.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.3 ±0.2

Economics

$44,990 ±$4,179 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,872 ±$703
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $35,028 ±$512
$99,631 ±$5,626 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,900 ±$1,407
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $64,124 ±$951

7.7% ±2% (10,844  ±2,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.7% 211,154 (±0.7% / ±14,749)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.7% 333,518 (±0.5% / ±15,020)

21.7 minutes ±0.5 (1,416,845  ±49,871) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

53,285 ±2,202 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 883,621 ±4,700
  • Kansas: 1,159,026 ±5,714
2.7 ±0.1 (141,233  ±786) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,115 (±0 / ±3,106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,859,735 (±0)

3.9% ±1.4% (1,363  ±491) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.8% 29,744 (±0.6% / ±2,969)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 39,053 (±0.5% / ±3,300)

Housing

54,720 ±2,203 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 949,618 ±1,232
  • Kansas: 1,284,353 ±200

$314,300 ±$9,878 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $247,000 ±$3,449
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $183,800 ±$2,802

12.4% ±2.4% (17,660  ±3,431.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.4% 312,674 (±0.7% / ±14,838.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.1% 439,061 (±0.6% / ±17,685)

Social

94.7% ±3.8% (90,678  ±4,696.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.4% 1,399,562 (±1.2% / ±17,856.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,784,711 (±1% / ±19,684)
50% ±3% (47,895  ±3,217.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.5% 591,652 (±0.8% / ±11,472.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 35.4% 687,452 (±0.6% / ±11,793.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

9.6% ±2% (13,758  ±2,835) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 151,048 (±0.3% / ±6,476)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 201,911 (±0.2% / ±7,051)

4.5% ±0.9% (4,846  ±944) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 115,142 (±0.3% / ±4,790)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 147,721 (±0.2% / ±5,166)
4,846 Total veterans ±944 4,593 Male ±934 253 Female ±238

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