Overland Park is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 148,848 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Overland Park is the second largest community in Kansas.

Overland Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Overland Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Overland Park who work in sales jobs (16.43%), management occupations (15.26%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.77%).

Also of interest is that Overland Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Overland Park, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Overland Park is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Overland Park a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Overland Park is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One notable thing about Overland Park is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Overland Park is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.3% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Overland Park Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Overland Park is a pretty powerful place. 52.15% of the adults in Overland Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Overland Park in 2000 was $32,069, which is wealthy relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,276 for a family of four. However, Overland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Overland Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Overland Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Overland Park include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

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