Living in Leawood
Leawood is a city of 34,093 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025) on 15.11 square miles of land in northeast Johnson County, Kansas. City Hall is at 4800 Town Center Drive.
The city takes its name from Oscar G. Lee, who in 1922 bought land between what are now 79th and 103rd Streets and State Line and Belinder Roads. A housing development by the Kroh brothers followed, and Leawood was incorporated on November 30, 1948. Its first school, the one-room Oxford School, opened in May 1877 and now stands in Ironwoods Park.
Where Leawood is and getting around
Leawood runs along State Line Road, across from Kansas City, Missouri. From City Hall, the OpenStreetMap route to downtown Kansas City takes Nall Avenue to I-435 and US-69: about 19 miles and 27 minutes without traffic. Corporate Woods is about 1.5 miles away, the Country Club Plaza about 11 miles by I-435 and Wornall Road, and the Kansas City International Airport (KCI) terminal about 37 miles and 48 minutes. The table of approximate drives from City Hall gives these times, all without traffic.
RideKC’s 499 Micro Transit, a shared ride booked by app or phone, covers the area between State Line Road, 47th Street and I-435 on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., which takes in the part of Leawood north of I-435.
Homes and neighborhoods
Leawood has 13,845 housing units (ACS 2020-2024). About 84 percent are single-family detached homes and 5 percent are single-family attached homes such as townhouses. About 91 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
The median home was built in 1989. About 34 percent were built before 1980, 37 percent between 1980 and 1999, and 29 percent in 2000 or later. Build years rise from north to south: in census tracts in the north of the city the median build year is 1957 to 1966, and south of about 135th Street it is 2000 to 2005.
Hallbrook is built around Hallbrook Country Club, 11200 Overbrook Road, and Iron Horse around Ironhorse Golf Club, 15400 Mission Road; each has its own guide. The City’s map of home owners associations, dated July 2026, places the other named neighborhoods:
- Leawood Estates lies mostly between 95th Street and I-435, from Mission Road east to State Line Road. Its homes association counts close to 1,500 homes in Leawood and Overland Park.
- Mission Farms is on the east side of Mission Road at Indian Creek Parkway (106th Street), just north of I-435. Its developer bought the land in 1999 and broke ground in 2006 on a mix of houses, condominiums, apartments, shops and offices.
- Tomahawk Creek names two associations north of 119th Street, on either side of Tomahawk Creek Parkway: the Tomahawk Creek Condominiums on the west side, south of 115th Street, and Tomahawk Creek Estates on the east side.
- Leawood Falls is south of 135th Street around 138th Street, between Mission Road and State Line Road.
The city keeps a public information list of homes associations. To see what is listed now, search homes for sale in Leawood.
Home values
The Census Bureau’s median value of owner-occupied homes in Leawood was $658,800 for 2020-2024. That is a survey figure from the American Community Survey, not a sale price. For comparison, the Johnson County Appraiser put the average appraised value of a home in the county at $536,000 for 2026.
A home’s own appraised value is on its Notice of Appraised Value and on the county’s AIMS property lookup. For a pricing review of a specific home, see the home valuation page.
Property taxes in Leawood
Kansas assesses a home at 11.5 percent of its appraised value (K.S.A. 79-1439). The tax is that assessed value times the total mill levy, divided by 1,000. The statewide 20-mill school levy does not apply to the first $75,000 of a home’s appraised value (K.S.A. 79-201x).
Leawood has two levels of total levy, set by the school district at the address. For 2025:
| School district | 2025 total levy (mills) |
|---|---|
| Blue Valley USD 229 | 113.424 |
| Shawnee Mission USD 512 | 107.890 |
Each total includes the State of Kansas (1.5 mills), Johnson County (17.29), county parks (3.023), the county library (3.817), Johnson County Community College (7.873) and the City of Leawood (23.501, of which 4.8 is for bond and interest), plus the school district’s levies and, in Blue Valley, the Blue Valley Recreation Commission (2.802).
As a worked example, a home appraised at $400,000 in the Blue Valley district is assessed at $46,000. At 113.424 mills that comes to $5,217, less $172.50 for the school levy exemption: about $5,045 for 2025. The same home in Shawnee Mission would owe about $4,790. Any special assessments are added to the same bill.
The Johnson County Appraiser values property as of January 1 and mails Notices of Appraised Value on or before March 1. An informal appeal is due 30 days after the notice was mailed (K.S.A. 79-1448), filed through the county’s appeal portal or by mail; the other route is to pay under protest when the tax is paid. Tax bills go out by November 15, the first half or the full amount is due December 20, and the second half by May 10.
Kansas also refunds part of the property tax to eligible owners through the Homestead (K-40H), SAFESR (K-40PT) and SVR (K-40SVR) claims, filed with the Kansas Department of Revenue between January 1 and April 15.
School districts
Two public school districts serve Leawood. Blue Valley USD 229 covers about three quarters of the city’s land, and Shawnee Mission USD 512 the northern part.
Public schools inside the city, by the city’s list, are Brookwood Elementary in Shawnee Mission, and Leawood Elementary, Mission Trail Elementary, Prairie Star Elementary, Leawood Middle and Prairie Star Middle in Blue Valley. A home’s assigned schools can be outside the city, and district and attendance lines do not follow neighborhood names, so look up each address. The Johnson County AIMS School Locator returns the district and assigned schools for any address in the county.
Utilities and trash
Electricity comes from Evergy, natural gas from Kansas Gas Service, water from WaterOne and sewer service from Johnson County Wastewater.
The city does not collect trash. Trash service is coordinated and contracted through each homes association, so ask the seller or the association which hauler serves a home and what it costs.
Internet providers listed by the city include AT&T, Google Fiber and Spectrum. The FCC National Broadband Map shows which providers serve a specific address.
Parks and places
Leawood’s park system has six parks, one greenway and an 8.2-mile trail system, with 492 acres of parkland.
- City Park, 10601 Lee Boulevard: 66 acres with eleven soccer fields, six lighted tennis courts, two baseball fields, two sand volleyball courts, an all-inclusive playground, a half-mile loop trail and the Leawoof dog park.
- The Leawood Aquatic Center, in City Park, has an Olympic-size 50-meter pool and usually opens the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
- The Tomahawk Creek Trail, a 4.1-mile paved path along Tomahawk Creek between City Park and Tomahawk Park, part of the county-wide trail system, passing three ponds stocked with catfish, bluegill and bass.
- Ironwoods Park, 14701 Mission Road: 115 acres with the Prairie Oak Nature Center, the Lodge at Ironwoods, the Oxford Schoolhouse, an amphitheater, a 1-acre lake and 2 miles of trails.
Flood zones and stormwater
About 6 percent of Leawood’s land lies in FEMA’s Special Flood Hazard Areas, all Zone AE, by Johnson County’s copy of FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer. The city points residents to FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center to check a property against the 100-year floodplain, so search any address there before you make an offer.
Leawood Public Works runs the city’s stormwater program under its federal NPDES permit, including curb inlet cleaning, creek cleanup and street sweeping. A land disturbance permit is required for most projects that disturb more than 400 square feet.
Golf nearby
Ironhorse Golf Club, 15400 Mission Road, is a public course in Leawood managed by Troon, and the city’s recreation program lists First Tee classes there. Hallbrook Country Club is at 11200 Overbrook Road. The city-owned Overland Park courses, Overland Park Golf Club and St. Andrews, are in neighboring Overland Park.
Youth sports nearby
Leawood Parks and Recreation’s sports programs include golf, pickleball, soccer, T-ball and tennis, and City Park has eleven soccer fields and two baseball fields. In neighboring Overland Park, the city-run SCHEELS Overland Park Soccer Complex has 12 lighted synthetic turf fields, and facilities such as Top Tier Kansas City and the Plaza Tennis Center are across the state line in Kansas City, Missouri. The youth sports facilities guide lists facilities across the metro.
