Housing in Red Bridge at a glance
- Population
- about 39,479
- Housing units
- about 20,571
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $258,000Kansas City: $242,900 (+6%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,180 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (-5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 57.6%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 72.7%
- Median year built
- 1970
Red Bridge, on the south side of Kansas City, looks like the city average on almost every measure. Owners estimate $258,000, 6% higher than citywide, and the $1,180 rent runs 5% lower. Owner households are 57.6%, edging past the 55.4% for Kansas City, and 72.7% of units predate 1980, sixth of ten. Hickman Mills beside it values homes at $156,000, well below. Midtown/Plaza reaches $327,000, and Country Club/Waldo $355,000, so Red Bridge sits in the middle of its neighbours rather than at either end. Its 39,479 residents live in an area whose estimates are drawn from census tracts. Overall, it ranks in the middle of the ten on value, owner share and age of housing, and lower on rent, which is eighth, matching its middle position among neighbours. Put differently, Red Bridge is a middle case, between Hickman Mills at the lower end and Country Club/Waldo and Midtown/Plaza at the higher end.
Questions about Red Bridge
What is the median home value in Red Bridge, Kansas City?
$258,000 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 Red Bridge?
$1,180 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 Red Bridge own or rent?
Most own: 57.6% 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 14 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.
Red Bridge is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 39,479 (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 Red Bridge
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 Red Bridge. 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 Red Bridge? Ask for your spot.