Overland Park, KS vs Lenexa, KS

Lenexa, KS outspends Overland Park, KS by a wide margin per resident — $13,108 versus $8,044, a 63% difference. A gap this size usually reflects a structurally different service mix or accounting scope rather than a single line item.

Lenexa, KS edges Overland Park, KS on the Fiscal Health Score by 4 points — 89/100 (grade A) to 85/100 (grade A). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.

Neither city reports outstanding debt per resident in its current Census filing, which removes debt service as a point of difference between them. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Overland Park, KS at $1,786 per resident and in Lenexa, KS at $1,883.

They also fund themselves differently: intergovernmental transfers is the largest single revenue source in Overland Park, KS at 10% of total revenue, whereas Lenexa, KS relies most on other revenue at 15%.