Leawood, KS · Johnson County
Leawood Estates
Built around 1959 · typically 2,321 sq ft above grade · 70 sales in twelve months
A Kroh Brothers plat filed in April 1945, three years before Leawood was a city.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 7 days. The median sale closed at 99.3% of asking - below list. 44% closed at or above the original list price, which is the better measure of how much room a buyer actually has.
Aggregated from Heartland MLS closed sales, twelve months to July 2026. Individual sale prices are not shown - Kansas and Missouri are non-disclosure states and MLS rules do not permit their public display. Ask for the full report.
The story of Leawood Estatesfrom 1945
John A. Kroh Sr. filed the subdivision language for Leawood Estates on 4 April 1945. Kroh Brothers Realty - Clifford E. Kroh Jr., John A. Kroh Sr. and their father Clifford E. Kroh Sr. - had platted the original Leawood development in 1937 and built much of the early city. source
The Leawood Homes Association the Krohs created in the 1940s still covers roughly 1,500 homes bounded by 95th Street, Somerset Drive, State Line and Mission Road. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1959
The median home sold here was built in 1959. Most of what sells was built between 1952 and 1971. 71% of sales included finished basement space beyond the above-grade footprint - which matters here, because square footage quoted above grade can understate a house considerably.
By property type: Single Family (70).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 66206.
Compared with Leawood as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Leawood Estates | Leawood | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $771,387 | $775,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $343 | $299 |
| Median days on market | 7 | 4 |
| Median year built | 1959 | 1988 |
| Finished basement | 71% | 76% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Leawood Estatesspecific to this neighborhood
A 1945 plat with a late-1950s median sale year means the ground was subdivided a decade or more before much of it was built on, so build dates inside this one plat span the war and the boom that followed. Two houses on the same street can be a decade apart, which changes both the systems conversation and the comparable set.
What to check in homes of this agepost-war stock
With a median year built of 1959, most homes here are post-war stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Footprints are smaller than modern equivalents and closets are noticeably so. Square footage comparisons against newer stock tend to flatter the newer house.
- Garages are often one-car, detached, or absent, and electrical panels may have been upgraded once but not twice.
- The pre-1978 lead-paint disclosure and ten-day inspection window applies (40 CFR 745.110).
A note on older deed languagevoid and unenforceable
Deeds written in this era sometimes carry restrictive covenant language relating to race, religion or national origin. Where it appears, it is void and unenforceable in both states, and has been for decades: Missouri directs that such a recital be “ignored, as if the same never existed” source, and Kansas, where such covenants were already unlawful, added a release procedure effective 1 July 2024 source. An owner in either state may record a certificate of release, which does not alter the original document but restates that the covenant cannot be enforced. It is a paperwork question rather than a live restriction - but it is worth recognizing if it surfaces in your title work. What this language is, and how to release it.
What sold, in more detailsizes, bedroom mix and timing
Of the 70 homes sold, 16 were 3-bed, 33 were 4-bed, 19 were 5-bed, 1 were 6-bed, 1 were 7-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 1,779 to 3,129 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in October, April and July, with 53% of the year's sales closing between April and September. Because closing typically follows the contract by a month or more, listing activity runs earlier than that.
Other neighborhoods in Leawood2 more with their own data
- Leawood 76 sales
- Leawood South 40 sales
Thinking about Leawood Estates?
These numbers describe what has sold. What they cannot tell you is which street, which floor plan, or what your own house would fetch here. Ask me about Leawood Estates, or see the wider Leawood market.