What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Mount Hope?
Mount Hope is ranked #133 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City; #299 of 331 eligible neighborhoods in MO; and #13,697 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Mount Hope
Kansas City, MO | Jackson County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
28.7
Stability and Strength
23.4
Value Opportunity
21.3
Momentum
47.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Kansas City, MO |
| County | Jackson County |
| National rank | #13,697 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #299 of 331 |
| City rank | #133 of 143 |
| County rank | #173 of 183 |
| National percentile | 8.5 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $139,423 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.60% |
| Home value to income ratio | 10.39 |
| Median household income | $13,425 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 4.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 35.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 28.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 81.0% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Mount Hope
Is Mount Hope one of the best neighborhoods in Kansas City?
Mount Hope has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 28.7 and a city ranking of #133 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City.
How much are homes worth in Mount Hope?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Mount Hope is approximately $139,423.
Are home values rising or falling in Mount Hope?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.0% year over year and -0.60% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Mount Hope?
Mount Hope has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 47.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Mount Hope?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $13,425.
How affordable is Mount Hope relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 10.39. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Mount Hope primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 35.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Mount Hope?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.2%.
How educated are residents of Mount Hope?
Approximately 4.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Mount Hope face high rent burden?
Approximately 81.0% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Mount Hope?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications15
Estimated originations6
Home-purchase applications7
Origination rate43.3%
Home-purchase share45.0%
Average application loan$272,453
Total application loan amount$4,010,339
National application rank#11,534 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 10.9% YoY; originations -11.5% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.