What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Stanford Gardens?
Stanford Gardens is ranked #6 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City; #6 of 331 eligible neighborhoods in MO; and #54 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Stanford Gardens
Kansas City, MO | Jackson County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
85.5
Stability and Strength
97.0
Value Opportunity
70.1
Momentum
88.6
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 | #54 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #6 of 331 |
| City rank | #6 of 143 |
| County rank | #6 of 183 |
| National percentile | 99.6 |
| National band | TOP_1_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,191,149 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.13% |
| Home value to income ratio | 7.13 |
| Median household income | $167,048 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 89.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 97.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 0.2% |
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 Stanford Gardens
Is Stanford Gardens one of the best neighborhoods in Kansas City?
Stanford Gardens has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 85.5 and a city ranking of #6 of 143 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City.
How much are homes worth in Stanford Gardens?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Stanford Gardens is approximately $1,191,149.
Are home values rising or falling in Stanford Gardens?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.7% year over year and 1.13% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Stanford Gardens?
Stanford Gardens has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 88.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Stanford Gardens?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $167,048.
How affordable is Stanford Gardens relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.13. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Stanford Gardens primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 97.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Stanford Gardens?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.0%.
How educated are residents of Stanford Gardens?
Approximately 89.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Stanford Gardens face high rent burden?
Approximately 0.2% 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 Stanford Gardens?
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 applications31
Estimated originations23
Home-purchase applications18
Origination rate74.4%
Home-purchase share56.8%
Average application loan$580,891
Total application loan amount$18,280,044
National application rank#9,055 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 18.1% YoY; originations 17.9% 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.