ZIP 66212 vs ZIP 66207

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66212 (Overland Park, KS) and ZIP 66207 (Overland Park, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66212 has a population of 32,096 at 1,615 people per square mile, while ZIP 66207 has 13,004 at 1,074 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 66212 reports a median household income of $81,477 against $125,153 in ZIP 66207, with per-capita income of $44,950 vs $66,342. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.2% in 66212 and 72.7% in 66207. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 2.2% — 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 $304,800 in 66212 versus $440,500 in 66207, with median rent of $1,321 and $1,919 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.7% vs 78.4%. 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.