Overland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 15,496 people and three associated neighborhoods, Overland is the 49th largest community in Missouri.Overland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Overland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Overland who work in office and administrative support (14.62%), sales jobs (9.16%), and teaching (7.52%). Also of interest is that Overland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.47% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Overland is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.98% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Overland in 2022 was $30,539, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,156 for a family of four. However, Overland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Overland is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Overland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Overland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Overland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Overland include German, Irish, English, French, and Other Subsaharan African. The most common language spoken in Overland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
