Jackson County · MO
Greenwood, MO
Founded 1867 · 22.1 miles from downtown Kansas City · population 6,013
The market, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 17 days. The median sale closed at 100.0% of asking - at list. 54% 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 if you need them.
How it came to befounded 1867 · where the name comes from · 13 dated events
Laid out, named and filed for court record on June 25, 1867 by Alfred Hanscomb, R.W. Price, Frank Brooks and Rev. S.B. Clark. A post office called Greenwood had already been operating since 1866. source 1 source 2
The name. The city's own history credits Rev. Clark with choosing the name Greenwood because of the elm trees growing in the area. source
Incorporated as a city almost a century after the town was laid out. source
- 1866Post office named Greenwood established. source
- 1867Town laid out and the name filed for court record by Hanscomb, Price, Brooks and Rev. Clark. source
- 1870Lincoln College opens; it closes roughly fifteen years later. source
- 1870W. S. Wise put up the first mercantile store in the town, the same year Lincoln College was founded. source
- 1910The Greenwood grammar and high school building was put up. source
- 1927Route M-150 through Greenwood was paved, on Harry Truman's authorization - Truman was then presiding judge of the Jackson County Court and running the county's road program. The highway is still the city's main connection east and west. source
- 1940The Greenwood viaduct over the Rock Island Railroad tracks was completed. source
- 1947Two railcars collided at Greenwood, one Missouri Pacific and one Rock Island, spilling a large quantity of wine. It is the town's first major train collision on the city's own record. source
- 1950Greenwood High School graduated its last senior class; the town's own high school ended there. source
- 1957Greenwood incorporated as a village - six years before the 1963 incorporation as a fourth-class city already in this record. source
- 1963Incorporated as a city. source
- 1973An explosion at the rock quarry south of Greenwood damaged homes and businesses across the town. source
- 1976The city's first major sanitary sewer installation was completed, a project the city records at about $1.1 million. The Greenwood Historical Society was formed in 1980 and the present city hall was dedicated in 1987. source
The housing stockmedian built 2000
The median home sold here was built in 2000. Most of what sells was built between 1973 and 2024. That closely matches the Census figure of 1995 for all housing, so sales are broadly representative of the stock. 75% 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.
What's hereFreedom Park, James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area
Lincoln College was founded in Greenwood in 1870 by Rev. Randall Ross of Ohio at a cost of $5,000; it operated about fifteen years before closing, and the building was later lost to fire. source 1 source 2
The town physically moved. An earlier business district about half a mile northwest of the present school site was abandoned for the current location when the railroad came through after the Civil War; by 1900 Greenwood had two depots handling roughly 100 trains every 24 hours. source
- Freedom Park
- Built in 2001 and described by the city as its first and only park north of Route M-150. source
- James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area
- A 3,084-acre Missouri Department of Conservation area that the City of Greenwood lists among its visitor destinations. MDC places it in Jackson County south of Highway 50 near Lee's Summit, reached by SE Ranson Road. It began in 1952 when Nell Reed gave 731 acres to the department in memory of her husband, Senator James A. Reed; lake construction started in 1957 and over 252 acres of water now form 12 lakes ranging from one to 42 acres. Note it is not inside the city limits - present it as a nearby destination, not a Greenwood facility. source 1 source 2
Neighborhoods with their own market data1 with enough sales to report
1 subdivision in Greenwood had enough closed sales in the last twelve months to report on individually.
| Subdivision | Sold | Median price | $/sq ft | Days | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Trails | 27 | $728,550 | $415 | 43 | 2024 |
Practical detailschool district · highways and transit · 1 employers
- Schools
- Lee's Summit R-VII School District serves the majority of the city; a small Cass County portion falls in Pleasant Hill R-III. boundaries do not follow city limits - Greenwood is split between two districts Confirm the assigned school for any specific address before you rely on it. source
- Getting around
- Missouri Route 150 runs through the city, connecting it westward to Grandview and Overland Park and northward to Lee's Summit. source
- Employers located here
- Mr. LongArm. Listed as present in the city, which is not a statement about hiring.
Thinking about buying or selling here?
The numbers above describe the market. What they cannot tell you is what your own house is worth in it, or which of these streets fits what you need. Ask me about Greenwood.