Kansas City, MO · Jackson County
Ward Park
Built around 1928 · typically 1,982 sq ft above grade · 31 sales in twelve months
Named for Hugh Ward, the attorney whose family land became Kansas City's grandest boulevard.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 3 days. The median sale closed at 100.9% of asking - above 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 Ward Parkhow it came to be
The name traces to Hugh Campbell Ward (1864-1909), a Kansas City attorney and J.C. Nichols's business partner, whose family ground went to the city and gave Ward Parkway its name. source
Ward and Nichols set out in 1907 to build a boulevard that would outdo anything else in the city, and hired George Kessler - the landscape architect behind Kansas City's parks and boulevard system - to lay it out. Nichols had been reserving the right-of-way since 1906 as he planned the Country Club District. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1928
The median home sold here was built in 1928. Most of what sells was built between 1925 and 1941. 32% 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 (31).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 64114.
Compared with Kansas City as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Ward Park | Kansas City | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $510,000 | $295,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $257 | $206 |
| Median days on market | 3 | 16 |
| Median year built | 1928 | 1964 |
| Finished basement | 32% | 45% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Ward Parkspecific to this neighborhood
Frontage is the variable that matters most here. Nichols deliberately held the deepest, widest lots for the houses facing the parkway itself, so two homes a block apart in the same subdivision can sit on very differently proportioned ground. Compare lot dimensions directly rather than reasoning from the subdivision name.
What to check in homes of this agepre-war stock
With a median year built of 1928, most homes here are pre-war stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Original systems are the usual question at this age: knob-and-tube wiring if it was never rewired, galvanised or cast-iron supply and waste lines, and plaster over lath rather than drywall.
- Federal law requires the seller to disclose known lead-based paint and give you a ten-day window to test in any home built before 1978 (40 CFR 745.110).
- Foundations of this era are commonly stone or unreinforced block. Worth a specific look rather than a general one.
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 31 homes sold, 28 were 3-bed, 3 were 4-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 1,614 to 2,197 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in October, July and May, with 61% 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
- Platte Ridge 33 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 Ward Park?
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 Ward Park, or see the wider Kansas City market.