Kansas City area guides
City and golf community guides with dated, sourced facts, plus guides to moving to Kansas City. For articles, see the blog.
City guides
Blue Springs
An eastern Jackson County city of about 61,600 on I-70, incorporated in 1880, about 20 miles by road from downtown Kansas City.
Read the guide Jackson County, MissouriKansas City
Missouri's largest city, spread over four counties, with a 1% earnings tax, 15 overlapping school districts and homes from pre-1940 Brookside to the newer Northland.
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasLeawood
A Johnson County city of 34,093 along State Line Road, incorporated in 1948, where 84 percent of homes are single-family detached.
Read the guide Jackson County, MissouriLee's Summit
A city of about 107,500 in eastern Jackson County that reaches south into Cass County, about 21 miles by road from downtown Kansas City.
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasLenexa
A Johnson County city of 34.1 square miles, split among three school districts, with a median owner-occupied home value of $394,900 (ACS 2020-2024).
Read the guide Clay County, MissouriNorth Kansas City
A separate 4.4-square-mile city in Clay County across the river from downtown Kansas City, with its own water plant, one school district and a Missouri River levee.
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasOlathe
The Johnson County seat, with 64.7 square miles of land along I-35 and K-10 and a median owner-occupied home value of $364,700 (ACS 2020-2024).
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasOverland Park
A Johnson County city of 203,677 on 75 square miles, served by four school districts, with a median home build year of 1989.
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasPrairie Village
A Johnson County city of 23,008 on State Line Road, begun by J.C. Nichols in 1941, where the median home was built in 1959.
Read the guide Johnson County, KansasShawnee
A northwest Johnson County city of 42 square miles reaching west to the Kansas River, with a median owner-occupied home value of $359,700 (ACS 2020-2024).
Read the guideGolf community guides
Deer Creek
The streets around the former Deer Creek Golf Club at 133rd Street and Metcalf Avenue, which closed in 2022. A 68-lot plan approved that year has not been built.
Read the guide Leawood, KansasHallbrook
The private Hallbrook Country Club and the streets around it, from 119th Street to College Boulevard on the Kansas side of State Line Road.
Read the guide Leawood, KansasIronhorse
The City of Leawood's public Ironhorse Golf Club and the streets around it, south of 151st Street between Nall Avenue and Mission Road.
Read the guide Lake Quivira, KansasLake Quivira
A gated city of about 1,000 residents built around a private spring-fed lake and the members-only Lake Quivira Country Club.
Read the guide Overland Park, KansasLionsGate
The private Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate and the streets around it, between 135th and 143rd Streets in south Overland Park.
Read the guideMoving and relocation
Moving to Kansas City
Taxes on each side of the state line, utilities, cars and driver's licenses, getting around, weather, flood zones and school district lookups.
Read the guideBuying Across the State Line: Kansas vs. Missouri
Income tax, the KCMO earnings tax, sales tax, home assessment, car taxes and disclosure law in Kansas and Missouri, side by side with sources.
Read the guideGolf Course Communities and Courses in Johnson County, Kansas
Sixteen Johnson County courses with their access, architect and opening year, plus what to check before buying on or near a course.
Read the guideMoving to Overland Park, Kansas
Utility providers, the city's trash and recycling rules, car registration in Johnson County, a Kansas license and 2025 property taxes.
Read the guideDirectories
School districts
The districts serving the Kansas City metro, with links to look up an address.
Golf courses
Public, semi-private and private courses across the metro.
Youth sports facilities
Sports complexes and academies, where they are, and homes for sale nearby.
Articles on buying, selling and golf course homes are on the blog.