Independence, MO · Jackson County
Far View Heights
Built around 1964 · typically 988 sq ft above grade · 76 sales in twelve months
Far View Heights reached its size one plat at a time over twenty-two years - the first 321 lots recorded in 1955, the twelfth and last plat in 1977, by which point the lot numbering had run past 1,800.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 16 days. The median sale closed at 100.0% of asking - at list. 62% 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 Far View Heightsfrom 1955
The county’s recorded-plat layer starts the subdivision in 1955 with a single plat of 321 lots, filed at plat book 19, page 26. source
Eleven more plats followed under the same name - 1959, 1960, two in 1964, two in 1965, two in 1966, then 1969, 1972 and 1977 - ranging from 48 lots to 229 at a time. source
The lots were not filled in numerical order. The 1969 plat covers lots 1779 through 1826, the highest numbers in the subdivision, while lots 1557 through 1679 waited until 1972 and lots 1680 through 1778 until 1977. source
The record did not close in 1977: a two-lot replat splitting lot 1403 into 1403A and 1403B was recorded in 2003. source
The 1955 core, lots 1 through 321, sits inside the Independence city limits on the county’s boundary layer. source
What makes it distinctiveplanning, architecture and layout
Not all of it was ever taken into the city. At the 1964 plat of lots 936 through 1107 the county’s city layer returns no municipality at all - unincorporated Jackson County. source
For schools the county’s district layer returns Fort Osage, not the Independence district that covers most of the city. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1964
The median home sold here was built in 1964. Most of what sells was built between 1956 and 1969. 68% 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 (76).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 64055, 64056, 64058.
Compared with Independence as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Far View Heights | Independence | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $199,000 | $219,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $209 | $179 |
| Median days on market | 16 | 17 |
| Median year built | 1964 | 1962 |
| Finished basement | 68% | 48% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Far View Heightsspecific to this neighborhood
The lot number on the legal description is the most useful thing on it here. A lot in the low hundreds came out of a 1955 or 1959 plat; anything above 1,650 came out of 1972 or 1977. That is close to twenty years of difference in roof, furnace, wiring and window vintage inside one subdivision name, so pull the plat for the specific parcel before you let one Far View Heights sale price another. Check the city line too: some of this ground is in Independence and some is not, and permitting, inspections and city services follow the boundary rather than the mailing address.
What to check in homes of this agemid-century stock
With a median year built of 1964, 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 76 homes sold, 5 were 2-bed, 54 were 3-bed, 17 were 4-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 725 to 1,325 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in September, February and July, with 55% 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 Independence4 more with their own data
- Glendale Gardens 31 sales
- Salem East 28 sales
- Sycamore Hills 27 sales
- Blue Mills 26 sales
Thinking about Far View Heights?
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 Far View Heights, or see the wider Independence market.