City safety & data profile

OverlandMO

Overland, MO is a 16K-resident city in St. Louis County with a median household income of $61,773.

St. Louis County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Overland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Overland has a population larger than 31% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $131,900.

Data updated 2026-09-03

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 32%
By size
$61,773
Median income (place)
$131,900
Median home (place)
9.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Overland

Overland posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities

Where Overland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,773 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Overland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Overland, MO beyond the headline numbers

Overland sits inside St. Louis County, Missouri, at roughly 38.70°N, -90.36°W. Population 15,959, $61,773 median household income. Median home value $131,900, median rent $1,112. Poverty rate 9.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.7%, poverty in Overland, MO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Overland runs about 2.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10.7% of Overland workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.1% in Overland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Overland's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Overland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,959
Overland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,773
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$131,900
-68% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Louis County): Overland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
996K-0%
Median Income
$82,936+41%
Median Home Value
$276,800+59%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-10%
Unemployment
4.3%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Overland, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,112/mo
Poverty Rate
9.7% -22% vs avg
Unemployment 6.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.6%
Work From Home 10.7%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 50.9%
African American 27.1%
Asian 1.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.2%
Short Sleep Duration
36.6%
Obesity
35.6%
Physical Inactivity
32.2%
Current Smoking
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
19%
Binge Drinking
16.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.6%
Diabetes
13.2%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.6%
Annual Checkup 77.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.8%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Overland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Overland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-OVERLAND · Overland

Overland: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Overland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Overland, MO?
Overland, MO has a population of 15,959 people, located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Overland?
The median household income in Overland, MO is $61,773 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.7%.
What is the median home value in Overland?
The median home value in Overland, MO is $131,900. Median rent is $1,112/month.
What are the top health concerns in Overland?
The top health indicators in Overland include High Blood Pressure (38.2%), Short Sleep Duration (36.6%), Obesity (35.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Overland?
The median age in Overland, MO is 34.7 years. 29.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Overland, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (9.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($61,773 here).

Compare Overland with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Overland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Overland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Overland against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (St. Louis County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.