IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Parkville, MO
Parkville is a big small town of 8,366 people in Platte County, Missouri. It's about 10 miles from Kansas City, MO. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $574k and rent runs about $1k a month.
8,366people
$574kTypical home
$1,162/moRent
89° / 39°Summer / winter
16"Snow
245Sunny days
98Rain/snow days
Is Parkville right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,366
- Part of a metro area
- About 560 people per sq mi
- 10 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 10 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $574k (≈$3,616/mo)
- Median rent $1,162/mo
- Median household income $171k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 245 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 120 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 13 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (47 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (736 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 40% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 71% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to MCI airport
- 6 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 11 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 860 ft
- 639 mi to the ocean
- 332 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 68 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,163 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 98 bars within 25 mi
- 331 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 79 museums within 25 mi
- 33 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 16% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Platte County: R+3 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk