Housing in Truman Plaza at a glance
- Population
- about 42,798
- Housing units
- about 18,795
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $100,000Kansas City: $242,900 (-59%)
- Median gross rent
- $960 a monthKansas City: $1,238 (-23%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 54%Kansas City: 55.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 90.1%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
Truman Plaza lies near the middle of Kansas City, and its figures run well below the city's on value and rent. Homes are worth $100,000 at the median, far less than the $242,900 for Kansas City overall (59% lower), which makes it ninth-highest of ten. Tenants pay $960, the lowest rent of any sector with data and 23% beneath the $1,238 citywide. Tenure barely departs from the city: 54% of households own, compared with 55.4%. Age is the striking part, since 90.1% of the housing was built before 1980, and 1939 or earlier is typical for the median home here, a very old stock indeed, set against the city's 55.4% owner share. Heart of the City comes in lower still, at $88,000; Midtown/Plaza climbs to $327,000, and Briarcliff/Winnwood sits at $204,000. Midtown/Plaza reverses the tenure pattern, with only 36.9% owning, whereas Truman Plaza counts 8,933 owners and 7,618 renters across 18,795 housing units.
Questions about Truman Plaza
What is the median home value in Truman Plaza, Kansas City?
$100,000 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 Truman Plaza?
$960 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 Truman Plaza own or rent?
Most own: 54% 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.
Truman Plaza is one of the 10 most populous of 17 area plans of Kansas City: estimated population about 42,798 (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 Truman 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 Truman 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 Truman Plaza? Ask for your spot.