Best Places64152, MO Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 64152, 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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64152 ranks 2,992nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 64152

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 64152 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.

64152's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Fast internet
Top 5%What local pay buys
Top 10%High incomes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 64152 with other zip codes.

Where 64152 ranks high

  • Internet speedBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Household income$128,675 median, better than 92% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 85% of zip codes

Where 64152 ranks low

  • QuietBetter than only 14% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 26% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 28% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than only 38% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 64152

A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 64152 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,675, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$107,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,506
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $391,502 home
Median rent
$1,596
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,996
Property tax$379
Homeowners insurance$131

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 64152's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 64152

64152's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
15%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3421%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6422%
65 and older15%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 64152.


Who works in 64152, and how

Work in 64152 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
21%
above the national average
Unemployment
3.0%
below the national average
Job growth
+5.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social15%
Professional & technical11%
Retail trade11%
Manufacturing8%
Education7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 78%
  • Work from home 21%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 0%

Life in 64152

64152 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 86% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 64152 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
425
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 143.0 per 10,000 residents, more than 92% of zip codes
Coffee shops
45
about 15.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 89% of zip codes
Parkland
258 acres
about 8.7 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 86% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 64152, month by month

64152 sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 20. 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
January42°30°20°
April69°55°42°
July90°79°68°
October72°58°45°

Flying in and out of 64152

Kansas City International sits about 6 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 6 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
40th-busiest in the US, 104 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 64152

Schools across 64152 average an A−, better than 81% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 64152 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


64152 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 64152 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 64152 suits

Families

Schools beat 81% of zip codes.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 21% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 81%.

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Common questions about living in 64152

Is 64152 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 64152 ranks 2,992nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 64152 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $391,502. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $128,675 median income, cost of living beats 97% of zip codes.

Is 64152 safe?

64152 is safer than 52% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $389 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 64152?

July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 20. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of zip codes.

Is 64152 good for families?

Schools beat 81% of zip codes, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $605 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 64152. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 64152 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.

64152 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 64152: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 64152: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 64152: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 64152: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

64152 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.