Housing in Line Creek Valley at a glance
- Population
- about 43,237
- Housing units
- about 19,259
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $282,000Kansas City: $242,900 (+16%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,270 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (+2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 54.4%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 30.3%
- Median year built
- 1990
Line Creek Valley, north-west of the Kansas City population centre, is one of the newer sectors, with 30.3% of its units older than 1980 and the typical building raised in 1990. Owners estimate $282,000, a level 16% over the city's, while the $1,270 rent sits 2% higher. Owners are close to an even split with renters, at 54.4%, a single point under the 55.4% for Kansas City. Gashland/Nashua next door has owners at 70.6%. Briarcliff/Winnwood is valued lower, at $204,000. Shoal Creek Valley is higher, at $390,000, with pre-1980 housing at just 3.1%, newer still than Line Creek Valley. A population of 43,237 lives in 19,259 homes, split between 9,810 owning households and 8,233 renting ones. Overall, it combines newer construction with value and rent estimates that sit above the city's, and an owner share close to it. Put differently, it is a newer-housing sector sitting between older, lower-value Briarcliff/Winnwood and much higher-value Shoal Creek Valley.
Questions about Line Creek Valley
What is the median home value in Line Creek Valley, Kansas City?
$282,000 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 Line Creek Valley?
$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 Line Creek Valley own or rent?
Most own: 54.4% 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 11 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.
Line Creek Valley is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 43,237 (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 Line Creek Valley
The closest sectors of Kansas City, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Line Creek Valley. 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 Line Creek Valley? Ask for your spot.