Best PlacesOak Park, Overland Park, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Park, Overland Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oak Park, Overland Park ranks 1,078th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Park, Overland Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Oak Park, Overland Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Park, Overland Park ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where Oak Park, Overland Park ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Park, Overland Park
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Park, Overland Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,344, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Oak Park, Overland Park's effective rate of 1.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oak Park, Overland Park
Oak Park, Overland Park runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Park, Overland Park.
Who works in Oak Park, Overland Park, and how
Work in Oak Park, Overland Park centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Oak Park, Overland Park
Oak Park, Overland Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Park, Overland Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Park, Overland Park, month by month
Oak Park, Overland Park sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Oak Park, Overland Park
Kansas City International sits about 24 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oak Park, Overland Park
Schools across Oak Park, Overland Park average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Park-carpenter ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Brookridge ElemC · 34% proficient
- Rosehill ElemC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Indian Woods MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Shawnee Mission South HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Park, Overland Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Park, Overland Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Oak Park, Overland Park against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oak Park, Overland Park
Is Oak Park, Overland Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Park, Overland Park ranks 1,078th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Park, Overland Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,700. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $114,344 median income, cost of living beats 90% of neighborhoods.
Is Oak Park, Overland Park safe?
Yes, Oak Park, Overland Park is safer than 80% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Park, Overland Park with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Park, Overland Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Park, Overland Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Oak Park, Overland Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Park, Overland Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Park, Overland Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Park, Overland Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Park, Overland Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Park, Overland Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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