Work & commute · Overland Park

Work & commute in Overland Park, KS

About one in 3 of Overland Park’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (15%), Lenexa (9%) and Olathe (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

30,043 of 95,264 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 65,221 Overland Park residents head out of town to work, 30,043 work right here, and 99,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overland Park.

65,221live here, work elsewhere

30,043live and work here

99,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overland Park goes to work

Overland Park (in town)right here

32%30,043

Kansas City, MO18 mi away

15%14,718

Lenexa8.1 mi away

9%8,738

Olathe7 mi away

9%8,583

Kansas City16.4 mi away

6%5,828

Leawood3.7 mi away

4%3,821

Shawnee10.8 mi away

3%2,429

Merriam8.9 mi away

2%1,870

Lawrence31.3 mi away

1%1,310

Wichita166.3 mi away

1%1,276

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%16,648

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Overland Park commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

61%

29%

61%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overland Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Overland Park are

129,508 jobs are based in Overland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Overland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Overland Park

129,508 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Overland Park residents hold

95,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+5%

Jobs based in Overland Park, 2013 → 2023: 123,335 → 129,508. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.