Olathe, KS · Johnson County
Persimmon Hill
Built around 1989 · typically 1,819 sq ft above grade · 27 sales in twelve months
587 homes built across forty years, around a lake, three pools and 35 acres of green space.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 3 days. The median sale closed at 101.1% of asking - above list. 81% 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 Persimmon Hillhow it came to be
One of the largest neighborhoods in Olathe, near 151st Street and Mur-Len Road, with 587 homes built between 1979 and 2019 - the bulk of them through the late 1980s and 1990s. source
What makes it distinctiveplanning, architecture and layout
Shared amenities are unusually extensive for a neighborhood of this era: a community lake, about 35 acres of maintained green space with walking trails and wooded ground, three swimming pools, tennis courts and a playground. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1989
The median home sold here was built in 1989. Most of what sells was built between 1982 and 2017. 74% 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 (27).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 66061.
Compared with Olathe as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Persimmon Hill | Olathe | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $425,000 | $470,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $238 | $254 |
| Median days on market | 3 | 6 |
| Median year built | 1989 | 2000 |
| Finished basement | 74% | 72% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Persimmon Hillspecific to this neighborhood
A forty-year build window inside one subdivision means the median year built tells you almost nothing about a specific house - a 1979 home and a 2019 home here are different products entirely, on different systems, with different inspection questions. Pull the actual year built for the address and treat the neighborhood figure as background only.
What to check in homes of this agelate-century stock
With a median year built of 1989, most homes here are late-century stock. The band here runs 1982 to 2017, so not every house will match the median. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Polybutylene supply piping was used in homes built roughly 1978-1995 and is worth identifying before closing; it affects insurability in some cases.
- First-generation vinyl windows and original roofs from this period are typically at or past replacement age.
What sold, in more detailsizes, bedroom mix and timing
Of the 27 homes sold, 6 were 3-bed, 18 were 4-bed, 3 were 5-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 1,458 to 2,450 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in June, July and August, with 63% 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 Olathe11 more with their own data
- Havencroft 68 sales
- Stonebridge Trails 50 sales
- Boulder Hills 47 sales
- Woodland Hills 40 sales
- Boulder Creek 33 sales
- Prairie Farms 32 sales
- Oak Run Community 29 sales
- Heather Ridge South 29 sales
- Hilltop Farms 29 sales
- South Hampton 28 sales
- Nottington Creek 25 sales
Thinking about Persimmon Hill?
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 Persimmon Hill, or see the wider Olathe market.