ZIP 66204 vs ZIP 66202

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66204 (Overland Park, KS) and ZIP 66202 (Mission, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66204 has a population of 18,832 at 1,470 people per square mile, while ZIP 66202 has 16,173 at 1,189 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 66204 reports a median household income of $75,889 against $75,129 in ZIP 66202, with per-capita income of $44,523 vs $51,848. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.3% in 66204 and 52.6% in 66202. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 12.1%, and unemployment 7.5% vs 2.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $269,400 in 66204 versus $284,900 in 66202, with median rent of $1,366 and $1,243 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.9% vs 49.6%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.