Kansas City, KS

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Key Performance Metrics

Market snapshot

Performance indicators for the Kansas City short-term rental market based on reliable data.

Listings

296 / 649

Reliable / Active

Cap Rate

19%

Middle-Earners Gross Yield

Revenue

$36,161

Middle-Earners Revenue

Occupancy

72%

Middle-Earners Occupancy

Home Value

$193,899

Median Home Sale Price

Top Earners

$72,002

Top-Earners Revenue

Kansas City

Market Revenue Seasonality

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Challenging to Investors

Kansas City Regulations

STRs are allowed but classified as commercial use and require a Special Use Permit with a mandatory pre-application meeting, home inspection, notarized application, and a neighborhood meeting (200-foot notification, sign posting, documentation). Ongoing obligations include annual permit renewal, business license, insurance, and inspections; no explicit caps are listed, but the multi-step, engagement-heavy process and recurring fees increase compliance cost and investor risk.

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About Kansas City

Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 156,607, making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is situated at Kaw Point, the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". It is the location of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College.

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