ZIP 66214 vs ZIP 66215

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66214 (Overland Park, KS) and ZIP 66215 (Lenexa, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66214 has a population of 11,691 at 1,154 people per square mile, while ZIP 66215 has 24,770 at 1,214 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 66214 reports a median household income of $83,435 against $88,232 in ZIP 66215, with per-capita income of $42,512 vs $49,648. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.0% in 66214 and 51.8% in 66215. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 5.9%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 3.6% — 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 $340,900 in 66214 versus $338,800 in 66215, with median rent of $1,204 and $1,406 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.0% vs 57.8%. 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.