Raytown, MO · Jackson County
Gregory Heights
Built around 1953 · typically 938 sq ft above grade · 25 sales in twelve months
Built on a runway: this was Ong Airport until 1952, when it was cut into more than 405 house lots.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 16 days. The median sale closed at 97.9% of asking - below list. 40% 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 Gregory Heightsfrom 1952
The field closed and was subdivided into more than 405 lots in 1952, which is why the houses here are of one era and the street pattern sits on flat, open ground. source
Flying started here in 1922 on a 1,500-foot runway across 156 acres near Gregory and Blue Ridge Boulevards. It was renamed Richard's Flying Field in 1926 for Lt. John F. Richards II, and became Ong Airport in 1949 after its owner, William Ong. After the war it went from training pilots to crop dusting before operations ceased. source
What the houses are likemedian built 1953
The median home sold here was built in 1953. Most of what sells was built between 1953 and 1954. 12% 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 (25).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 64133, 64138.
Compared with Raytown as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Gregory Heights | Raytown | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $169,000 | $217,000 |
| Median $/sq ft | $185 | $171 |
| Median days on market | 16 | 16 |
| Median year built | 1953 | 1959 |
| Finished basement | 12% | 47% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Gregory Heightsspecific to this neighborhood
A single-year subdivision of a former airfield means unusually uniform housing stock and unusually flat lots - which is a genuine advantage for drainage and driveways, and also means comparable sales here are more directly comparable than in most of this corpus. Where two houses differ, it is far more likely to be from later additions than from original construction.
What to check in homes of this agepost-war stock
With a median year built of 1953, most homes here are post-war stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house - they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Footprints are smaller than modern equivalents and closets are noticeably so. Square footage comparisons against newer stock tend to flatter the newer house.
- Garages are often one-car, detached, or absent, and electrical panels may have been upgraded once but not twice.
- The pre-1978 lead-paint disclosure and ten-day inspection window applies (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 25 homes sold, 2 were 2-bed, 20 were 3-bed, 3 were 4-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 864 to 1,290 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in August, April and March, with 60% 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 Raytown1 more with their own data
- Southwood 40 sales
Thinking about Gregory 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 Gregory Heights, or see the wider Raytown market.