ZIP 66215 vs ZIP 66214

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