Overland Park, KS · Johnson County
Cherokee Hills
Built around 1960 · typically 1,166 sq ft above grade · 49 sales in twelve months
Cherokee Hills enters the county record in 1955, in the same wave of Mission Township platting that produced Nall Hills, and with a development company carrying the subdivision’s own name.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 2 days. The median sale closed at 100.0% of asking - at list. 65% 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 Cherokee Hillsfrom 1955
By March 1955 Cherokee Hills was established enough to be named in the Kansas City Times alongside Nall Hills, Town and Country Estates and Garastana Acres in coverage of the township’s residential expansion. A Cherokee Hills Development Company appears in the same record, so the subdivision and its developer shared a name. source
That autumn Cherokee Hills was one of the named subdivisions in the argument over the Indian Creek sewer subdistrict - a reminder that in 1955 public sanitary sewer in this part of the township was still being fought over rather than assumed. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1960
The median home sold here was built in 1960. Most of what sells was built between 1958 and 1965. 69% 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 (49).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 66212.
Compared with Overland Park as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Cherokee Hills | Overland Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $367,500 | $505,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $287 | $248 |
| Median days on market | 2 | 5 |
| Median year built | 1960 | 1986 |
| Finished basement | 69% | 65% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Cherokee Hillsspecific to this neighborhood
The useful thing to carry into a Cherokee Hills showing is that the subdivision predates settled sewer service in its own township, and the housing stock spans the years on either side of that. Ask the seller’s disclosure and the city directly what the sewer lateral is made of and whether it has ever been scoped - a camera inspection is cheap next to a yard dig, and on a plat of this vintage it is the single item most likely to move your number. While you are asking, get the electrical service size: an original 1950s panel and a modern kitchen do not coexist for long.
What to check in homes of this agemid-century stock
With a median year built of 1960, most homes here are mid-century stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Aluminum branch wiring appeared in homes built roughly 1965-1973 and is a specific thing to ask an inspector to look for.
- Original HVAC from this era is long past its service life, so the question is usually when it was last replaced rather than whether.
- The pre-1978 lead-paint disclosure applies to the earlier part of this range (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 49 homes sold, 33 were 3-bed, 15 were 4-bed, 1 were 5-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 1,008 to 1,766 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in August, July and November, with 51% 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 Overland Park10 more with their own data
- Southern Meadows 51 sales
- Nall Hills 50 sales
- CENTURY FARMS 41 sales
- Quivira Falls 40 sales
- Chapel Hill 40 sales
- Mission Ranch 38 sales
- Oak Park 33 sales
- Nottingham By The Green 28 sales
- Summercrest 25 sales
- Morningview 25 sales
Thinking about Cherokee Hills?
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 Cherokee Hills, or see the wider Overland Park market.