| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Kansas City, MO |
| County | Jackson County |
| National rank | #14,946 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #330 of 331 |
| City rank | #143 of 143 |
| County rank | #183 of 183 |
| National percentile | 0.1 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $97,873 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -7.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.76% |
| Home value to income ratio | 960.13 |
| Median household income | $102 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 17.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 10.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 66.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 25.9% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 65.6% |
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 Oak Park Southwest
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Oak Park Southwest?
Oak Park Southwest is ranked #143 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City; #330 of 331 eligible neighborhoods in MO; and #14,946 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Oak Park Southwest one of the best neighborhoods in Kansas City?
Oak Park Southwest has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 9.8 and a city ranking of #143 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City.
How much are homes worth in Oak Park Southwest?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Oak Park Southwest is approximately $97,873.
Are home values rising or falling in Oak Park Southwest?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -7.7% year over year and -0.76% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Oak Park Southwest?
Oak Park Southwest has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 3.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Oak Park Southwest?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $102.
How affordable is Oak Park Southwest relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 960.13. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Oak Park Southwest primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 66.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Oak Park Southwest?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 10.1%.
How educated are residents of Oak Park Southwest?
Approximately 17.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Oak Park Southwest face high rent burden?
Approximately 65.6% 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 Oak Park Southwest?
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
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
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 applications112
Estimated originations64
Home-purchase applications68
Origination rate57.1%
Home-purchase share61.4%
Average application loan$118,421
Total application loan amount$13,205,839
National application rank#3,949 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 13.8% YoY; originations 9.6% 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.