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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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Local time
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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
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.
State of Kansas
State bird
Western Meadowlark
State flower
Wild Native Sunflower
State capital
Topeka
Nickname
The Sunflower State
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