Overbrook is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,500 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Overbrook is the 114th largest community in Kansas.

Overbrook is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Overbrook is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Overbrook who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.82%), sales jobs (7.85%), and management occupations (7.69%).

A relatively large number of people in Overbrook telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.80% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Overbrook, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.72 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Overbrook is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Overbrook, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.1% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Overbrook does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Overbrook Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Overbrook is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 15.96% of adults 25 and older in Overbrook have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Overbrook in 2000 was $20,332, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,328 for a family of four.

The people who call Overbrook home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Overbrook is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Overbrook include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Overbrook is English. Some people also speak Spanish.