A town of 1,113.
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Ordered by what stands out in Overbrook. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Overbrook for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (33%), Lawrence (8%) and Ridgeway (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.
Overbrook has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 21°, and about 10 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
15 crimes were reported in Overbrook in 2024: 15 property and 0 violent. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Overbrook is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
The typical Overbrook home is worth about $278,000, up 2.2% in a year, 11% above the Kansas typical home.
Overbrook beats the Kansas average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| What stands out | Overbrook | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.3% | 11.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.1% | 11.3% |
0.9 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jones Park | 0.9 mi | 44 |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
Where Overbrook’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
City in Osage County, Kansas
Overbrook is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,005.
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