How many apartments for rent are available in Lee's Summit, MO right now?
Lee's Summit grew as a subdivision city, so purpose-built rental apartments make up a much thinner slice of the housing here than in most places of 106,000 people, and that scarcity is why suburban vacancy across the Kansas City metro sits near 4.5 percent while central Kansas City runs above 7 percent. The 25 apartments for rent on Roomster around Lee's Summit reflect exactly that shape: a cluster of newer garden-style and mixed-use buildings near I-470, Chipman Road and Summit Fair, a much older and cheaper pocket in the blocks around SW Main downtown, and duplexes and rented single-family homes filling the gap between them. Search all five ZIP codes, 64063, 64064, 64081, 64082 and 64086, because a building one road over can sit in a different one.
How much does it cost to rent an apartment in Lee's Summit?
An apartment here averages about $1,522 across all sizes and has moved up roughly 2.4 percent over the past year, a mild increase by Kansas City metro standards. One-bedrooms run near $1,341 for about 732 square feet, two-bedrooms near $1,582 for around 1,050, and three-bedrooms near $2,013. Those averages hide a wide spread. You can find apartments under $1,100 a month in White Ridge Farm, Morningside Acres and Arlington Park, and the Bayles Addition blocks near Village Fair, where the buildings are older and the finishes are plain but the square footage is generous. The other value pocket is the aging downtown stock near SW Main, with one-bedrooms around $988 and two-bedrooms near $1,175. Pay the premium instead and you are in Bent Tree Bluffs or Summerfield near $1,958, or the Summit Fair area near $1,737, which buys new construction and a short walk to the shopping.
Can I find a furnished or short-term apartment for rent in Lee's Summit?
They exist, but you have to know where to look, because the large Lee's Summit complexes are built around twelve-month leases aimed at families. The dependable sources of furnished and month-to-month space are corporate-housing units near the Summit Technology Campus and the I-470 office corridor, extended-stay inventory around the US-50 and M-291 interchanges, and privately owned condos and duplexes where the owner is renting the furniture along with the walls. Travel healthcare staff on thirteen-week assignments at Saint Luke's East or University Health Lakewood are the main demand for this, and most of them end up taking a furnished room rather than a furnished apartment because the price gap is severe. If you need under six months, filter for furnished on Roomster, message private owners ahead of leasing offices, and state your end date up front, since a short term is negotiable when it is disclosed rather than discovered.
Is there rent control in Lee's Summit, and what deposit can a landlord charge?
There is no rent control in Lee's Summit and there is not going to be. Missouri law, RSMo 441.043, preempts the entire subject: no Missouri city or county may enact or enforce an ordinance regulating what a landlord charges for privately owned residential property. Your rent is whatever the lease says, and renewal increases are unregulated, so read the renewal language carefully before you sign a first term. What the state does regulate is the deposit. RSMo 535.300 caps a security deposit at two months' rent, so a $1,582 two-bedroom cannot lawfully ask for more than $3,164, and the landlord has 30 days after the tenancy ends to return it or hand you an itemized written statement of every deduction. Miss that window and a Missouri tenant can sue for up to twice the deposit. Photograph every room on move-in day and keep the files.
Are there apartments for rent near the R-7 schools and Lee's Summit's main commute routes?
This is the question that actually moves the Lee's Summit rental market. The R-7 district is why most people rent here instead of Raytown or Grandview, and because attendance is drawn by boundary rather than by city limits, renters routinely check the school assignment for a specific address before they look at the floor plan. Ask the leasing office in writing which elementary and middle school the unit feeds. On commuting, US-50 runs straight through the middle of town and is the spine everybody uses, I-470 loops the north and west sides toward I-70, and M-291 carries north-south traffic toward Independence. Apartments near the I-470 and Chipman Road interchange give the quickest run into Kansas City. The single non-driving option is the Amtrak platform at 217 SW Main Street, where the Missouri River Runner stops twice daily each way between Kansas City Union Station and St. Louis. Everything else in this city assumes a car.
How does Lee's Summit compare with Kansas City or Overland Park on apartment rent?
Lee's Summit is the pricier address and the cheaper bet, which sounds contradictory until you separate the two numbers. An apartment here averages about $1,522 against roughly $1,341 in Kansas City proper, so you are paying a suburban premium close to $180 a month. Cross the state line and it flips: comparable Johnson County suburbs such as Lenexa average around $1,620 and Overland Park sits in the same band, which makes Lee's Summit the cheaper of the two big-name school suburbs. Grandview, immediately west, averages nearer $1,009 and is the obvious move if price beats everything else. What the Lee's Summit premium buys is the R-7 district, a tight suburban vacancy rate that keeps buildings in decent repair, and Missouri income tax instead of Kansas. Price two or three of these cities side by side before you commit to a twelve-month lease.
