Best Places64024, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 64024, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
64024 ranks 16,627th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 64024
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
64024's strengths and weaknesses
Where 64024 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than 74% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 110 pleasant days a year, better than 70% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 66% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than 66% of zip codes
Where 64024 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than only 32% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 64024
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 64024 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,447, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 64024's effective rate of 0.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 64024
64024's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 64024.
Who works in 64024, and how
Work in 64024 centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 64024
64024 has more parkland per resident than 83% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 64024 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 64024, month by month
64024 sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of 64024
Kansas City International sits about 26 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 64024
Schools across 64024 average a C, better than 36% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Epic ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Missouri City Elem.A− · 58% proficient
- Southwest Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lawson MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Excelsior Springs MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Lawson HighB · 48% proficient
- Liberty North High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Excelsior Springs HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 64024 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
64024 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 64024 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 64024
Is 64024 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 64024 ranks 16,627th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 64024 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,563. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,447 median income, cost of living beats 62% of zip codes.
Is 64024 safe?
64024 is safer than 47% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
Compare 64024 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 64024. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 64024 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
64024 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 64024: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 64024: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 64024: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 64024: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
64024 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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