Housing in Heart of the City at a glance
- Population
- about 32,236
- Housing units
- about 17,950
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $88,000Kansas City: $242,900 (-64%)
- Median gross rent
- $990 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (-20%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 45.1%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 83.1%
- Median year built
- 1949
Heart of the City, near the population centre of Kansas City, holds the lowest owners' estimate of all ten sectors: $88,000, which is 64% below the city figure. Rent is a median $990, 20% under, and owners make up 45.1% of households, ninth of ten. The stock is old, with 83.1% of units built before 1980 and typical construction from 1949, third-highest share in the city. Truman Plaza, one neighbour, is close at $100,000. Midtown/Plaza stands at $327,000, and Country Club/Waldo at $355,000, several times higher than Heart of the City. The area is home to 32,236 residents, and the figures are an estimate built from census tracts.
Questions about Heart of the City
What is the median home value in Heart of the City, Kansas City?
$88,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $242,900 for Kansas City as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Heart of the City?
$990 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,238 in Kansas City (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Heart of the City own or rent?
Most rent: 45.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 55.4% in Kansas City (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 18 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Heart of the City is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 32,236 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Kansas City, Missouri GIS, Area Plan Boundaries, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Kansas City as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Heart of the City
The closest sectors of Kansas City, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Kansas City
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Heart of the City. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Heart of the City? Ask for your spot.