More than a dozen awards in the last few years have recognized Overland Park as one of the most livable cities in the nation:

• Top 10 Best Places to Live – CNN Money Magazine, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
• Top Soccer City in the United States – Livability, 2012
• Top 10 Cities for Jobs in Financial Services – AdvisorOne, 2012
• Top 100 Places to Live – RelocateAmerica, 2011
• Top 10 Small Cities for Quality of Life – fDi American Cities of the Future, 2011
• Top 25 Suburbs for Retirement – Forbes, 2011
• Best Places to Reinvent Your Life in Retirement – U.S. News & World Report, 2010
• Top 20 Where Homes are Affordable – CNN Money Magazine, 2010
• Top 50 Safest Cities – CQ Press, 2010
• Top 100 U.S. Wealth Centers – Business Journal, 2010
• America’s Best Places to Grow Up – U.S. News & World Report, 2009
• America’s Top Adventure Towns – National Geographic Adventure, 2009
• Top 26 “6-Figure Towns” – CNN Money Magazine, 2009
• Top 5 Places to Start a Business – Fox Business News, 2009
• One of the Best Places in America to Move – Forbes, 2009
• America’s Best Affordable Places to Retire – Business Week, 2009
• Best Places to Raise Kids – Business Week, 2009
• Top City for Startup Businesses – Business Week, 2009