Housing in Hickman Mills at a glance
- Population
- about 30,980
- Housing units
- about 13,695
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $156,000Kansas City: $242,900 (-36%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,270 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (+2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51.9%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 82.7%
- Median year built
- 1965
Hickman Mills, south of the Kansas City population centre, pairs a low value with a rent near the city norm. Owners place value at $156,000, 36% beneath the city figure and eighth of ten, while renters pay $1,270, 2% above Kansas City overall. Owner households are 51.9%, short of the 55.4% citywide. About 82.7% of units predate 1980, and the typical home dates from 1965. Red Bridge next door values homes at $258,000. Country Club/Waldo is much higher, at $355,000, and Heart of the City much lower, at $88,000, so Hickman Mills sits between them. The area holds 30,980 residents, and Payotte's figures are an estimate drawn from census tracts. Overall, it ranks in the lower end of the ten on value and on owner share, while its rent places it fifth, closer to the middle. The gap between low value and near-city rent is the main thing that sets this sector apart from the areas beside it.
Questions about Hickman Mills
What is the median home value in Hickman Mills, Kansas City?
$156,000 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 Hickman Mills?
$1,270 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 Hickman Mills own or rent?
Most own: 51.9% 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 9 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.
Hickman Mills is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 30,980 (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.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Hickman Mills. 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
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