Kansas City, KS
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Key Performance Metrics
Market snapshotPerformance indicators for the Kansas City short-term rental market based on reliable data.
Listings
256 / 625
Reliable / Active
Cap Rate
19%
Middle-Earners Gross Yield
Revenue
$36,745
Middle-Earners Revenue
Occupancy
67%
Middle-Earners Occupancy
Home Value
$190,392
Median Home Sale Price
Top Earners
$68,353
Top-Earners Revenue
Kansas City
Market Revenue Seasonality
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Challenging to Investors
Kansas City Regulations
STRs are allowed but classified as commercial use and require a Special Use Permit with a mandatory pre-application meeting, home inspection, notarized application, and a neighborhood meeting (200-foot notification, sign posting, documentation). Ongoing obligations include annual permit renewal, business license, insurance, and inspections; no explicit caps are listed, but the multi-step, engagement-heavy process and recurring fees increase compliance cost and investor risk.
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About Kansas City
Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 156,607, making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is situated at Kaw Point, the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". It is the location of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College.