Kansas City, Missouri

The median single-family sale price in Kansas City, MO was $315,000 in 2025 (5,016 MLS sales), about $171 per finished square foot. So far in 2026 the median is $335,000 (3,621 sales). The 10-year charts above show how that has moved.

The median annual property tax on single-family homes that sold in Kansas City, MO in 2025 was $3,069, an effective rate of about 1.02% of the sale price. The tax section above has 10 years of real bills.

About 32% of recent Kansas City sales had HOA dues. Dues vary by subdivision and change over time, so we confirm the current amount for any home you are considering.

About 7% of recent Kansas City sales were homes built within the last two years. Active builders in MLS records include Summit Homes, Robertson, Ashlar Homes LLC, Hoffman Custom Homes.

Over the past 10 years, Kansas City homes that closed in April sold for the highest share of original list price (median 100%), and homes closing in April had the shortest median time on market (5 days).

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in Missouri and the central city of the metro. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population at 521,220 as of July 1, 2025.

Per the U.S. Census Bureau (2020–2024), the median value of owner-occupied homes in Kansas City, Missouri is $242,900. Prices vary widely by neighborhood — search current listings for live pricing.

Kansas City, Missouri is served by many districts depending on location, including Kansas City Public Schools and, in the Northland, North Kansas City, Park Hill, and Platte County.

Kansas City is known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, fountains, the Country Club Plaza, the National WWI Museum, and its Chiefs and Royals sports teams.

Kansas City, Missouri is the metro’s central city, bordering the Kansas side. The Census Bureau reports a mean commute of about 21.7 minutes for its workers.

No. They are separate cities in different states with different taxes, codes and utilities. Kansas City, Missouri, sits east of State Line Road and spans Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties.

Yes. The KC Streetcar is free and runs 6.5 miles from the River Market through downtown and Midtown to UMKC, and RideKC buses serve the wider city.

Missouri property tax bills are mailed in November and due by Dec. 31. Which county collects depends on your address: Jackson, Clay, Platte or Cass.

Yes. Missouri counties tax vehicles, trailers, boats and other personal property owned on Jan. 1, with bills due Dec. 31. You need a paid receipt (or a non-assessment form) to issue or renew license plates.

The Royals’ goal is to open the new downtown ballpark for the 2030 season. Team officials project groundbreaking in mid-2027, after the City Council approved the financing plan on Oct. 8, 2026.

Yes. The city offers seven free blueprints designed by local firm DRAW Architecture: a duplex, two two-story houses (one with a garage), a bungalow, a courtyard cottage, an accessory dwelling unit over a garage and a tiny house. Using them saves architect fees, but a permit application, site plan, survey and inspections are still required. The city’s development concierge office answers questions.

Yes. On April 6, 2027, voters will decide on a new 1/4-cent sales tax for 40 years and a 40-year extension of the 3/8-cent bus sales tax. Together they would help fund a monorail from Kansas City International Airport to the KC Zoo and Aquarium, with stops in the Northland and downtown. The City Council placed the question on the ballot on Oct. 1, 2026.

Nothing has been decided. A Jackson County task force report released in October 2026 lists ideas for the 400-acre site, including housing, hotels, a convention center, trails, a transit hub and a race circuit, in four phases. The teams’ leases run through 2031.

Yes. Kansas City’s Housing Trust Fund, created in 2018, awards city money to affordable housing projects. In 2026 the council approved a record $16.4 million for 16 projects, and voters authorized $100 million in bonds so the city can distribute about $20 million a year for the next five years.

Yes. Owner Gillon Property Group has a 15-year plan that calls for about 824 new housing units, roughly 150 hotel rooms and 1.7 million square feet of commercial and retail space. The City Council changed Plaza height limits in May 2026, and Port KC approved up to $1.49 billion in bonds and tax breaks on August 24, 2026, with each construction phase still needing its own bond approval.

The City Council approved a development agreement on September 10, 2026, for a $1.4 billion riverfront plan that would expand CPKC Stadium to more than 18,000 seats, with up to $185 million in city financing. No groundbreaking date has been announced.

Yes. Both lanes of I-670 between I-35 and U.S. 71, along with Truman Road between Broadway Boulevard and Baltimore Avenue, are expected to close from December 2026 through September 2028 while the first phase of Roy Blunt Luminary Park is built. Wyandotte Street and Baltimore Avenue will have intermittent closures until the project is finished, which is targeted for spring 2029.

Yes. In October 2026 the City Council rezoned about 87 acres at N. Staley Road and NE Shoal Creek Parkway for a 200-lot subdivision and approved final plats for 47 lots at Brooke Hills (NE 120th Street and NE Sherman Road) and 5 lots at Staley Estates (NE 108th Street).

In October 2026 the City Council approved about $615.2 million in bonds, issued through the Missouri Development Finance Board, for the ballpark, team offices and infrastructure. The bonds will be repaid over 30 years mainly from tax increment financing, which redirects new tax growth above a 2025 baseline in a stadium area running from I-670 and State Line to 31st and Campbell streets. The city manager was also directed to draw on certain other city funds if needed.

Yes. Developers led by EPC Real Estate Group have filed plans for a 29-story, 386-unit apartment tower and a 15-story, 282-room hotel near 16th Street and Broadway. As of October 2026, the City Plan Commission was scheduled to review the plans in November, and construction could begin in 2027 if they are approved.

MoDOT plans to close I-70 in both directions between Prospect Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard starting Jan. 11, 2027, for about 11 months, into mid-December 2027. Recommended detours run I-435 to I-35 or I-435 to US-71 into the downtown loop.

Not currently. Voters will decide on April 6, 2027, whether to require public approval before the city carries out future plans for stadiums or venues of 2,500 seats or more. The measure would not apply to the Royals or KC Current stadium projects already underway.

Parts of Blue River Road have been closed to traffic since 2010 after repeated failures and flood washouts. On Oct. 22, 2026, the City Council directed the city manager to find funding and a plan to restore the road, and it paused changes to the road until that plan is done. In August 2026, the city estimated a full rebuild at $30 million to $50 million.

Yes. Kansas City, Missouri charges a 1% earnings tax on salaries, wages, commissions, tips and other earned income. Residents pay it on all earned income, even if they work outside the city. Nonresidents pay only on income earned inside city limits. Income from Social Security, pensions and retirement accounts is not earned income and is not taxed. You can file online with the city’s Finance Department.

Yes. Bike Share KC runs 41 hubs. On Oct. 29, 2026, the City Council approved a $569,000 contract amendment that keeps all 41 hubs open through April 2027.

Jackson County’s next reassessment is scheduled for 2027. After problems with the 2023 reassessment, owners who overpaid in 2023 and 2024 are getting credits on future tax bills through a three-year program. Homes in the Clay and Platte County parts of the city are assessed by those counties instead.

The Kansas City Missouri Homesteading Authority acquires run-down properties and resells them at reduced prices to homeowners and investors who agree to fix them up. Buyers are screened, houses must be repaired, and vacant lots must be maintained as agreed at the time of sale. The application steps and prices are set out in the Authority’s policies and procedures on kcmo.gov.

Under the 2027 council calendar passed October 29, 2026, the FY 2027-28 budget will be introduced February 11, 2027, council amendments are due March 2, and adoption is scheduled for March 11, 2027. The schedule calls for at least five public budget meetings.

Yes. KC Water funds a Low-Income Assistance Program run by the Mid America Assistance Coalition for households under 180% of the federal poverty level. In October 2026 the council renewed it with a one-year, $1 million agreement; it helped about 1,500 customers the prior year.

No. The Kentucky Road bridge has been closed since 2019. On Oct. 29, 2026, Kansas City voted to detach its 0.63-acre share of the road so Independence can annex the land and rebuild the bridge. About $1.2 million in federal money has been secured for the replacement. As of Nov. 1, 2026, no reopening date had been announced.

Yes. On Nov. 5, 2026, the City Council approved a 10-year contract with SpryPoint Services Inc. to replace the customer information system used for KC Water billing and accounts. The ordinance also lets the city approve change orders for installation and add-ons. A switchover date had not been announced as of Nov. 6, 2026.

Parade Park, near the 18th and Vine district, is being redeveloped in a $300 million project by Flaherty & Collins Development and Twelfth Street Heritage Corporation. The plan calls for more than 1,100 apartments, townhomes and flats, followed by about 60 for-sale homes, retail and office space in later phases. Demolition started in February 2026, and the first phase is expected to finish in 2027.

The KC Spirit Playbook is Kansas City’s comprehensive plan for the next 20 years. The City Council adopted it on April 20, 2023, replacing the FOCUS Plan from 1997. It guides city decisions on development, investment, codes and standards, as well as updates to the city’s 18 area plans. The City Plan Commission was scheduled to review an update to the Playbook’s place types and neighborhoods section on Nov. 4, 2026.

Yes, one has been proposed. Dillons Food Stores asked the City Plan Commission on Nov. 4, 2026, to rezone about 7.43 acres at the southeast corner of NE Cookingham Drive and NE 104th Street from R-7.5 to B2-2 and to amend the larger roughly 23-acre development plan for a grocery store, fuel center and pad lots. City staff recommended approval. A related resolution changing the area plan’s recommended land use for about 23.65 acres from Residential Low Density to Mixed Use Neighborhood is on the City Council’s Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee agenda for Nov. 10, 2026. The full City Council has not voted.

Yes, it is planned. The city’s Holmes Road reconstruction covers the stretch between Blue Ridge Boulevard and 137th Street. Designs shown in 2025 included three travel lanes, a 10-foot walking and biking path on the west side and a 5-foot sidewalk on the east side. On Nov. 5, 2026, the City Council introduced an ordinance authorizing the city to acquire, including by condemnation, the right-of-way and easements needed, and referred it to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee for review on Nov. 10. A September 2025 Martin City Telegraph report said construction was expected to start around March 2027 and finish by the end of 2027, with the road staying open to traffic. The part south of 135th Street to 137th Street depended on available funding.

It is proposed. On Nov. 5, 2026, the City Council introduced an ordinance accepting recommended amendments to the city’s Public Works Standards and Design Criteria, which apply to public improvements and land development, including Section 5600 (Storm Drainage Systems & Facilities). It was referred to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee, with a report due Nov. 10, 2026. The council has not taken a final vote.

One has been proposed. A development plan for about 0.23 acres at the northwest corner of 10th Street and Central Avenue would allow a 384-foot building with ground-floor retail and a data center. The plan is on the City Council’s Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee agenda for Nov. 10, 2026. The full council has not voted on it.

It is a 1/8-cent sales tax that funds housing, home repair, historic restoration and commercial projects in the Central City District, roughly Ninth Street to Gregory Boulevard between The Paseo and Indiana Avenue. Voters first approved it in 2017 and extended it for 10 more years in August 2026 at the same rate. It works as gap financing and is administered by the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. A public survey on its 2027-2032 strategic plan is open through Dec. 18, 2026.

Yes. United Market KC opened in May 2026 in the Linwood Shopping Center at Linwood Boulevard and Prospect Avenue. It is a 36,000-square-foot full-service grocery in the former Sun Fresh space. The city has owned the shopping center since 2016 and spent about $17 million redeveloping it.

Not yet. A tax increment financing plan for the Plaza area (about 750 apartments, office space and a hotel, with up to $210 million in reimbursable costs) reached the full council on Nov. 5, 2026. After adding a Dec. 31, 2038 completion deadline, the council sent it back to the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee for more work.