Home values, rents and more in the Kansas City metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Kansas City metro compares
The typical home in the Kansas City metro area is worth about $325,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Kansas City metro are 22% above the typical value in Missouri ($265,000) and 11% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Kansas City metro rose 3.7%, compared with +3.4% in Missouri and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,534 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% above Missouri ($1,395) and 21% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $83,460, against $70,702 in Missouri and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,270,682 people live in the Kansas City metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Kansas City metro has the 284th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 25 in Missouri with Zillow figures.
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Kansas City metro
- Bates County, MO $227,000
- Caldwell County, MO $246,000
- Cass County, MO $341,000
- Clay County, MO $319,000
- Clinton County, MO $292,000
- Jackson County, MO $248,000
- Johnson County, KS $458,000
- Lafayette County, MO $249,000
- Leavenworth County, KS $348,000
- Linn County, KS $180,000
- Miami County, KS $378,000
- Platte County, MO $389,000
- Ray County, MO $262,000
- Wyandotte County, KS $207,000
Cities in the Kansas City metro
- Kansas City, MO $250,000
- Overland Park, KS $481,000
- Kansas City, KS $200,000
- Olathe, KS $433,000
- Independence, MO $211,000
- Lees Summit, MO $393,000
- Shawnee, KS $424,000
- Blue Springs, MO $309,000
- Lenexa, KS $477,000
- Leavenworth, KS $262,000
- Leawood, KS $792,000
- Liberty, MO $327,000
- Raytown, MO $207,000
- Gladstone, MO $268,000
- Grandview, MO $218,000
- Belton, MO $271,000
- Gardner, KS $351,000
- Raymore, MO $359,000
- Prairie Village, KS $490,000
- Grain Valley, MO $332,000
- Lansing, KS $325,000
- Merriam, KS $329,000
- Kearney, MO $401,000
- Smithville, MO $377,000
- Excelsior Springs, MO $225,000
- Harrisonville, MO $297,000
- Mission, KS $327,000
- Spring Hill, KS $414,000
- Pleasant Hill, MO $371,000
- Oak Grove, MO $297,000
- Cameron, MO $249,000
- Parkville, MO $588,000
- Bonner Springs, KS $304,000
- Basehor, KS $449,000
- Roeland Park, KS $333,000
- De Soto, KS $429,000
- Greenwood, MO $358,000
- Richmond, MO $236,000
- Peculiar, MO $361,000
- Tonganoxie, KS $379,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.