Kansas City, MO · Platte County
Platte Ridge
Built around 1972 · typically 1,112 sq ft above grade · 33 sales in twelve months
Platte Ridge took twenty years to finish - a first plat in 1957, an eighth and last in 1977 - and there is no third plat in the city’s record at all.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 9 days. The median sale closed at 100.0% of asking - at list. 45% 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 Platte Ridgefrom 1957
Kansas City’s plat record dates Platte Ridge, First Plat to 1957 and Platte Ridge, Second Plat to 1958, with a further plat filed under the bare name in 1960. source
The fourth plat was accepted by ordinance 28290 on 7 September 1962, the fifth by ordinance 31815 on 1 October 1965 and the seventh on 20 June 1969, recorded that July. The eighth and last cleared the city on 25 March 1977 and was recorded on 5 April. source
No plat numbered third appears anywhere in the record between the 1958 second plat and the 1962 fourth. source
Platte Ridge lies in the Park Hill school district. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1972
The median home sold here was built in 1972. Most of what sells was built between 1962 and 1978. 91% 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 (33).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 64152.
Compared with Kansas City as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Platte Ridge | Kansas City | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $287,000 | $295,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $258 | $206 |
| Median days on market | 9 | 16 |
| Median year built | 1972 | 1964 |
| Finished basement | 91% | 45% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Platte Ridgespecific to this neighborhood
A twenty-year platting run inside one name is the thing to price around. The first and second plats are late-1950s ground and the eighth is 1977, which spans two different eras of insulation, wiring and floor plan. Get the plat name off the legal description and treat each phase as its own market rather than averaging the subdivision. The Park Hill assignment is worth confirming at the address as well, since the Northland district lines do not follow the Kansas City boundary.
What to check in homes of this agemid-century stock
With a median year built of 1972, 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).
What sold, in more detailsizes, bedroom mix and timing
Of the 33 homes sold, 28 were 3-bed, 4 were 4-bed, 1 were 5-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 975 to 1,618 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in August, March and February, with 42% 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 Kansas City31 more with their own data
- Armour Hills 73 sales
- Ruskin Heights 69 sales
- Marlborough Heights 65 sales
- Woodhaven 53 sales
- Cadence Villas 46 sales
- Somerbrook 45 sales
- Ruskin Hills 45 sales
- Staley Farms 43 sales
- Red Bridge 39 sales
- Gracemor 36 sales
- New Mark 35 sales
- Crestview 35 sales
- Broadland 35 sales
- Fountain Hills 34 sales
- Sherwood Estates 33 sales
- Brooke Hills 33 sales
- Robandee 33 sales
- Ward Park 31 sales
- Rockhill Gardens 29 sales
- Romanelli Gardens 29 sales
- North Creek Village 29 sales
- Wildwood West 29 sales
- North Hampton 28 sales
- Randolph Corners North 28 sales
Thinking about Platte Ridge?
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 Platte Ridge, or see the wider Kansas City market.