Best PlacesPendleton Heights, Kansas City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pendleton Heights, 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.
Pendleton Heights, Kansas City ranks 5,526th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Pendleton Heights, 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.
Pendleton Heights, Kansas City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pendleton Heights, Kansas City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$840 a month, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
Where Pendleton Heights, Kansas City ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$35,330 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pendleton Heights, Kansas City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $35,330, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Pendleton Heights, Kansas City's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
Pendleton Heights, 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 Pendleton Heights, Kansas City.
Who works in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, and how
Work in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City centers on transportation & warehousing and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pendleton Heights, Kansas City.
What the weather is like in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, month by month
Pendleton Heights, Kansas City sees roughly 108 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 Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
Kansas City International sits about 15 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 Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
Schools across Pendleton Heights, Kansas City average an F, better than 4% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Scuola Vita Nuova CharterC · 30% proficient
- Ac Prep ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Garfield ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeast Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Southeast High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pendleton Heights, Kansas City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pendleton Heights, 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 Pendleton Heights, Kansas City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City
Is Pendleton Heights, Kansas City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pendleton Heights, Kansas City ranks 5,526th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pendleton Heights, Kansas City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,668. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $35,330 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Pendleton Heights, Kansas City safe?
Pendleton Heights, Kansas City is safer than 4% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,191 per resident a year.
Compare Pendleton Heights, Kansas City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pendleton Heights, Kansas City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pendleton Heights, 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.
Pendleton Heights, Kansas City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pendleton Heights, Kansas City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pendleton Heights, Kansas City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pendleton Heights, 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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