Olathe is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 1,970 people and two associated neighborhoods, Olathe is the 146th largest community in Colorado.

Another important characteristic of Olathe is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Olathe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Olathe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Olathe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Olathe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Olathe may be for you.

Being a small town, Olathe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Olathe has a very low overall level of education: only 7.56% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Olathe in 2022 was $25,185, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,740 for a family of four. However, Olathe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Olathe is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Olathe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Olathe, accounting for 52.04% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Olathe residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Olathe include German, English, French, Irish, and Scottish.

In addition, Olathe has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.36%).

The most common language spoken in Olathe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.