Counties / Kansas / Miami County

Miami County, KS

FIPS 20121 · population 34,938 · part of Kansas City, MO

$384k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$384k
▲ 4.1% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
Median asking rent
$1,910
n/a year over year
Zillow ZORI · direct
Gross yield
6.0%
annual rent ÷ price, before costs
derived: rent × 12 ÷ price ✓
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,358
market rent is 1.41x the standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+57.8%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+4.1%FHFA HPI2025+6.7%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$288k
Surveyed gross rent$1,107
Rent burden 30%+44.9%
Median year built1987
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
3.7%vacant
14,262estimated housing units
Occupied tenure21.8% renter
owner 78.2%renter 21.8%
Structure mix85.9% single-family
Single-family 85.9%20+ units 2.2%Mobile home 4.0%Other 8.0%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs9,286▲ 2.2% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments947annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$1,064▲ 3.2% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities21.1% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS+2.2%WEEKLY WAGE+3.2%Trade, transportation, and utilities21.1%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Miami County presents a cash-flow-versus-carrying-cost tension: Zillow's county median asking rent is $1,910 per month and reported gross yield is 5.97% before costs, while taxes and flood exposure require property-specific testing. An income-oriented underwriter can investigate the rent-price relationship; a buyer relying on resale momentum or generic county averages should be cautious. This is county-level evidence, not evidence for any given submarket or building.

02Housing economics

At Zillow's 2026-06 observation, the county median home value was $383,706, up 4.10% year over year. FHFA's separate 2025 annual repeat-transaction HPI rose 6.73%; it confirms positive direction but is not a home value and cannot be combined with Zillow into one rate. The effective property-tax rate is 1.27%, a material carrying-cost input against pre-cost yield. HUD's two-bedroom FMR is $1,358 monthly, a payment standard rather than asking rent; it must not replace measured market rent.

03Demand & competition

Realtor.com's 2026-06 MLS evidence shows 113 active listings, 18.43% with price reductions, and a 72.44% pending-to-active ratio. These are visible listing-market supply, seller-concession, and pipeline measures—not closed-sale prices or standalone proof of buyer demand. Net migration was 141 tax-return households, with incoming movers' average income $15,992 above outgoing movers'. Investors represented 32 of 532 purchase mortgages, or 6.02%, recording limited observed non-occupant participation rather than a complete buyer profile.

04Risk & next checks

Risk limits remain material. Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and modeled expected annual building-value loss is 0.14%; that county-level model cannot establish parcel exposure, insurance terms, or mitigation cost. QCEW measures annual covered employment at county workplaces, not resident employment or tenant demand. Missing vacancy, rent trend, unit mix, insurance quotes, closed-sale comps, delinquency, and neighborhood flood maps prevent a net-yield, exit-value, or property-specific resilience conclusion. Verify lease comps, tax bills, flood zones, insurance, and closed sales.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Miami County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Spring Hill city*9.1KPaola city5.8KLouisburg city5.1KOsawatomie city4.2KFontana city409Bucyrus CDP168Hillsdale CDP117Somerset CDP40
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

8 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Spring Hill cityIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    9,120
  2. 02
    Paola cityIncorporated place
    5,770
  3. 03
    Louisburg cityIncorporated place
    5,094
  4. 04
    Osawatomie cityIncorporated place
    4,182
  5. 05
    Fontana cityIncorporated place
    409
  6. 06
    Bucyrus CDPCensus-designated place
    168
  7. 07
    Hillsdale CDPCensus-designated place
    117
  8. 08
    Somerset CDPCensus-designated place
    40

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.138% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax1.27%

$3,643 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+141

1,174 in · 1,033 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$15,992

$79,045 arriving · $63,053 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors6.0%

32 of 532 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings113▼ 14.8% year over year
Median days on market51▲ 6.8% year over year
Listings price-reduced18.4%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▲ 15.2% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

Same metro

The other counties in Kansas City, MO

A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.

CountyPopulationPriceRentYieldHazard
Miami County34,938$384k$1,9106.0%inland flooding
Jackson County719,976$253k$1,4346.8%inland flooding
Johnson County620,631$469k$1,8154.7%inland flooding
Clay County258,122$324k$1,5655.8%inland flooding
Wyandotte County167,654$213k$1,3177.4%inland flooding
Cass County110,773$345k$1,6975.9%inland flooding
Platte County110,371$396k$1,6465.0%inland flooding
Leavenworth County83,123$355k$1,3294.5%inland flooding
Lafayette County33,115$252kn/an/ainland flooding
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Gross yield excludes property tax, insurance, flood mitigation, vacancy, and operating costs, leaving net return unmeasured.
  2. County median rent and home value may not match the subject property's location, condition, unit type, or lease terms.
  3. Active-listing metrics are not closed-sale evidence, so resale pricing and liquidity remain unverified.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Is measured market rent available rather than an FMR proxy?

Yes. Median asking rent is $1,910 per month, and reported gross yield is 5.97% before costs. The $1,358 two-bedroom HUD FMR is a payment standard, not market rent.

How much investor purchase activity is recorded?

Investors accounted for 32 of 532 purchase mortgages, or 6.02%.

What workplace labor base does QCEW record?

In 2025, QCEW recorded 9,286 annual average covered jobs at county workplaces, up 2.21%. Average weekly wage was $1,064; trade, transportation, and utilities was the largest disclosed private supersector with 1,479 jobs, or 21.08% of private covered jobs.