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Thornton, CO vs Overland Park, KS

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- The average commute for residents of Overland Park is 11.5% shorter than it is for residents of Thornton.
- 53.8% more residents of Overland Park work from home compared to residents of Thornton.
 Thornton, COOverland Park, KSUnited States
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 Thornton, COOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Auto (alone)75.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock5.5%8.6%
 Mass Transit2.5%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.1%0.5%
 Walk1.0%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock15.6%9.7%
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 Thornton, COOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.0%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock10.5%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.9.1%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock22.0%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.13.4%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock7.6%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.18.3%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock2.7%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.6.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock3.6%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.7.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock0.6%2.9%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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