What is the population of Olathe town?

Olathe town has 1,788 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #182 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Olathe town?

Median household income in Olathe town is $65,170 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Olathe town?

Median gross rent is $962 a month and the median home value is $226,900, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Olathe town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olathe town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Olathe, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Olathe, Colorado (Olathe, CO — Census place “Olathe town”) is 1,788 residents, ranking #182 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $65,170, the median home is worth $226,900 and median gross rent runs $962 a month. Looking for the Olathe Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Olathe, CO: 81425.

Population: 1,788Olathe town residents
Median household income: $65,170Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $226,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $962Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.1%Owner-occupied households

Olathe ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Olathe.

The Olathe CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

81425

What the numbers mean in Olathe town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Olathe town median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.1% of residents and 65.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Olathe town, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Olathe town is a small town in Colorado, with 1,788 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #182 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Olathe town earn a median of $65,170 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 24.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Olathe town is valued at $226,900, 25.2% below the national figure and 50% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $962 a month, 31.6% below the national figure, or roughly $11,544 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Olathe town?: Olathe town has 1,788 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #182 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Olathe town?: Median household income in Olathe town is $65,170 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Olathe town?: Median gross rent is $962 a month and the median home value is $226,900, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Olathe town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olathe town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Olathe town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.