Business Environment

Population

• 206,030 residents (City of Overland Park, 2025)
  
• Second-largest city in Kansas
• Second-largest city in the Kansas City metropolitan area
• Median age: 38.6 years (2024 estimate)

City Size

• 75.8 square miles of land area

Income

• Median household income: $104,834 (2024 estimate)
• Per capita income: $60,602 (2024 estimate)

Educational Attainment

• Population age 25 and older with a high school diploma or higher, including equivalency: 97.4% (2024 estimate)
• Population age 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher: 63.7% (2024 estimate)
• Population age 25 and older with a graduate or professional degree: 25.9% (2024 estimate)

Sources: City of Overland Park; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates; Kansas Department of Labor Information Center

Development Activity

• Overland Park led all Johnson County cities in nonresidential development in 2025, issuing 38 permits, representing 30.2% of the countywide total, $167.7 million in construction value and nearly 499,000 square feet.
  (CERI, Johnson County Nonresidential Building Permit Report, December 2025)
• Overland Park processed 638 building permits in 2025, with a median review timeline of 16 days for single-family and duplex construction. (City of Overland Park, 2025 Annual Development Report)
  

Retail Market

• Overland Park generated nearly $5.0 billion in taxable retail sales in 2025, representing 31.8% of Johnson County’s total and an increase of 3.7% from 2024. (CERI, Johnson County Indicators, December 2025; Kansas Department of Revenue sales and use tax data)
• Johnson County generated $14.44 billion in nominal taxable retail sales in 2024, the highest total among Kansas counties and an increase of 1.6% from 2023. (University of Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research, Kansas Statistical Abstract 2024)

Looking for additional information about Overland Park? Contact the EDC coordinator at ilemon@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7605