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 that you will notice about Overland Park is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Overland Park a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Overland Park is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Overland Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Overland Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.15% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.