Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Overland Park’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of 111 million American renters nationwide.
"Overland Park renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "However, ratings varied greatly across different categories, indicating that even though renters love Overland Park, some aspects can be better."
Key findings in Overland Park include the following:
- Overland Park renters gave their city an A+ overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Overland Park were jobs and career opportunities, commute time and quality of local schools, which all received A+ grades.
- The areas of concern to Overland Park renters are public transit (F) and recreational activities (D).
- Overland Park did relatively well compared to similar cities in the central U.S., including Omaha, NE (B-), Saint Louis, MO (C+) and Oklahoma City, OK (C+).
- Overland Park did relatively well compared to other cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, CA (C+), Miami, FL (C+) and New York, NY (C+).
- The top rated cities nationwide for renter satisfaction include Scottsdale, AZ, Irvine, CA, Boulder, CO and Ann Arbor, MI. The lowest rated cities include Tallahassee, FL, Stockton, CA, Dayton, OH, Detroit, MI and Newark, NJ.
Renters say:
- "Love almost everything about it, except the cost of living is pretty high." – Victoria B.
- "I love that there’s easy access to just about everything, but it’s not a great scene for young, single 30-somethings." – Erin N.
- "I love my city because for the most part it’s very peaceful and the people are nice. But I don’t like the fact that the crime rate seems to be going up." – Meshia
- "The community is more like a small town and is centrally located to shopping, restaurants and highways. But the city has an extensive number of ordinances about nearly everything and sometimes they can seem pretty extreme." – Nicholle R.
For more information on the survey methodology and findings or to speak to one of our researchers, please contact our team at rentonomics@apartmentlist.com.
