Neighborhood Profile

Oak Park Southwest

Kansas City, MO | Jackson County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
9.8
National rank: #14,946 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
17.7
Score
Value Opportunity
5.4
Score
Momentum
3.1
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationKansas City, MO
CountyJackson County
National rank#14,946 of 14,967
State rank#330 of 331
City rank#143 of 143
County rank#183 of 183
National percentile0.1
National bandLOWER_25_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
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 ratio960.13
Median household income$102
Bachelor's degree or higher17.0%
Civilian unemployment rate10.1%
Homeownership rate66.6%
Housing vacancy rate25.9%
Rent burden 30% or higher65.6%

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.