What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Shawnee Heights?
Shawnee Heights is ranked #4 of 7 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City; #129 of 187 eligible neighborhoods in KS; and #8,405 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Shawnee Heights
Kansas City, KS | Wyandotte County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
47.8
Stability and Strength
42.3
Value Opportunity
55.0
Momentum
46.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Kansas City, KS |
| County | Wyandotte County |
| National rank | #8,405 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #129 of 187 |
| City rank | #4 of 7 |
| County rank | #4 of 7 |
| National percentile | 43.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $167,026 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.34% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.90 |
| Median household income | $57,570 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 16.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 76.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 10.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 41.4% |
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 Shawnee Heights
Is Shawnee Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Kansas City?
Shawnee Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 47.8 and a city ranking of #4 of 7 eligible neighborhoods in Kansas City.
How much are homes worth in Shawnee Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Shawnee Heights is approximately $167,026.
Are home values rising or falling in Shawnee Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.9% year over year and 0.34% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Shawnee Heights?
Shawnee Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 46.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Shawnee Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $57,570.
How affordable is Shawnee Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.90. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Shawnee Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 76.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Shawnee Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.6%.
How educated are residents of Shawnee Heights?
Approximately 16.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Shawnee Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 41.4% 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 Shawnee Heights?
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 applications102
Estimated originations57
Home-purchase applications58
Origination rate55.4%
Home-purchase share57.1%
Average application loan$154,453
Total application loan amount$15,769,900
National application rank#4,269 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage99.9%
Recent trend: Applications 39.9% YoY; originations 34.8% 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.