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Population
150,025
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$364,700
Owner-occupied units
Olathe, KS
Kansas · 38.882° N, 94.820° W · 65 sq mi
Olathe is a city in Kansas, with a population of 150,025 and about 2,320 residents per square mile. The median household earns $114,009 a year, and the median home is worth $364,700.
Conditions
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Size & density
Land area
65 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
2,320
People per square mile
Rank by population
#188
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#166
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$114,009
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,314
Per month
Homeownership
74.8%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
20.6 min
One way
People
Median age
37.2
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
50.5%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
11.2%
Households
53,072
2.7 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 23.4%
Professional & business services 15.4%
Retail trade 10.5%
Manufacturing 10.1%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
State of Kansas
State bird
Western Meadowlark
State flower
Wild Native Sunflower
State capital
Topeka
Nickname
The Sunflower State
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Cities near Olathe
- Lenexa, KS6 mi · 60,506
- Overland Park, KS7 mi · 203,677
- Shawnee, KS9 mi · 69,848
- Kansas City, KS17 mi · 157,805
- Kansas City, MO22 mi · 521,220
- Lee's Summit, MO24 mi · 107,514
- Lawrence, KS25 mi · 96,367
- Independence, MO29 mi · 121,675
Cities about the same size
- Savannah, GA149,440
- McAllen, TX150,640
- Mesquite, TX150,693
- Gainesville, FL148,671
- Pasadena, TX148,539
- Palm Bay, FL148,092
- Joliet, IL152,241
- Pomona, CA147,807
More in Kansas
Wealthiest person in Kansas
Name
Charles Koch & family
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$67.5B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Wichita
Source of wealth
Koch, Inc.
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in Kansas · private sector
Employer
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Sector
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No verified figure for this state. There is no free, authoritative source for largest private employer.
Largest public company in Kansas
Company
Seaboard Corporation
Revenue
$9.1B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Merriam
Ticker
SEB
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.