Best Places64080, MO Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 64080, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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64080 ranks 6,891st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 64080

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 64080 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

64080's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Affordable childcare
Top 10%Civic engagement
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 64080 with other zip codes.

Where 64080 ranks high

  • Cheap childcare$391 a month, better than 99% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 84% of zip codes

Where 64080 ranks low

  • Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 16% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 30% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than only 35% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 35% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 37% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 64080

A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 64080 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,798, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$82,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,914
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $314,621 home
Median rent
$1,202
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,604
Property tax$205
Homeowners insurance$105

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 64080's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 64080

64080's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
40
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
18%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1821%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6419%
65 and older18%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 64080.


Who works in 64080, and how

Work in 64080 centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
10%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.2%
below the national average
Job growth
+2.5%
/y 2019-2023, near the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social16%
Construction15%
Manufacturing11%
Education9%
Retail trade9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 89%
  • Work from home 10%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 2%

Life in 64080

64080 has more parkland per resident than 88% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 64080 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
42
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 30.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 45% of zip codes
Parkland
131 acres
about 9.5 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 88% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 64080, month by month

64080 sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January41°31°24°
April68°56°46°
July89°80°71°
October70°59°50°

Flying in and out of 64080

Kansas City International sits about 43 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
MCI
Kansas City International, about 43 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
40th-busiest in the US, 104 nonstop destinations
Average drive
61 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 64080

Schools across 64080 average a B−, better than 55% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 64080 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


64080 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 64080 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 64080

Is 64080 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 64080 ranks 6,891st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on affordable childcare, civic engagement, and a stable housing market, and lowest on long commutes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 64080 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $314,621. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $102,798 median income, cost of living beats 86% of zip codes.

Is 64080 safe?

Yes, 64080 is safer than 76% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 64080. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 64080 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.

64080 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 64080: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 64080: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 64080: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 64080: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

64080 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.