Housing in Midtown/Plaza at a glance
- Population
- about 36,199
- Housing units
- about 23,838
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $327,000Kansas City: $242,900 (+35%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,260 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (+2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 36.9%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 77.7%
- Median year built
- 1941
Midtown/Plaza has the lowest share of owner households in Kansas City, at 36.9%, well beneath the city's 55.4%, south of the population centre. Despite that, owners value homes at $327,000, 35% over the city's and third of ten. Rent of $1,260 is only 2% above. About 77.7% of the housing predates 1980, and typical construction dates from 1941. Heart of the City, a neighbour, is valued at $88,000. Truman Plaza is near $100,000. Country Club/Waldo, with owners at 79%, reaches $355,000, so values around Midtown/Plaza range very widely. Some 36,199 residents live here, and the figures come from census tracts inside the boundary. Overall, the sector pairs a high value ranking with the thinnest owner share in the city, an unusual combination among the ten, while its rent sits sixth. Its neighbours show how wide the spread is: Heart of the City is at the bottom of the ten on value, while Country Club/Waldo is near the top.
Questions about Midtown/Plaza
What is the median home value in Midtown/Plaza, Kansas City?
$327,000 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 Midtown/Plaza?
$1,260 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 Midtown/Plaza own or rent?
Most rent: 36.9% 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 16 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.
Midtown/Plaza is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 36,199 (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 Midtown/Plaza
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 Midtown/Plaza. 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 Midtown/Plaza? Ask for your spot.