Best PlacesMarlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City ranks 5,469th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
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.
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$840 a month, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 65% of neighborhoods
Where Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Household income$47,024 median, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,024, 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 Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City.
Who works in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City, and how
Work in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City.
What the weather is like in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City, month by month
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
Kansas City International sits about 23 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 Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
Schools across Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City average a D−, better than 8% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ac Prep ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Center Elem.D− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Center MiddleD− · 17% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Center Sr. HighD− · 15% proficient
- Southeast High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City 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 Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City
Is Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City ranks 5,469th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,173. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $47,024 median income, cost of living beats 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City safe?
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City is safer than 13% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $907 per resident a year.
Compare Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City 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.
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City 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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