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66104Kansas City, Kansas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 66104.

64
Area Score
Top 45% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3642nd of 4,073 published ZIP areas32
GrowthTop 33% of 3,947 published ZIP areas60
Housing affordabilityTop 23% of 4,553 published ZIP areas91
Climate2856th of 4,621 published ZIP areas66
Physical resilienceTop 31% of 4,554 published ZIP areas73
AccessTop 38% of 4,623 published ZIP areas97
Economic stability3811th of 4,591 published ZIP areas40
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 4.8% and the Opportunity signal places 66104 in the bottom 11%.

A major airport is 10 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

Its Area Score of 64 places 66104 in the top 45% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
27,033
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$61,338
Bottom 32% nationally
Density
1,673/sq mi
16.2 sq mi of land
Median age
35.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Kansas City
Kansas
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Nearest major airport
MCI
10 mi · Kansas City Intl
Median home value
$141,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.8% is lower than 37% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 2.1% over the past year, to 74,374 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$4,094$61,338Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,296$25,818Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate18.7%Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.7 minBottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher12.0%Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment74,374Top 41%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)0.9%Top 38%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-2.1%Bottom 15%June 2026
Labor force78,095Top 41%June 2026
Labor force participation62.8%Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$66,550Bottom 46%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$50,820Top 49%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.1%Bottom 42%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.8%Top 35%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202461k47k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $61,338 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Kansas City, MO-KS
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers31,080$90,490
Registered Nurses29,650$83,040
Retail Salespersons26,110$34,320
Cashiers24,160$30,700
Stockers and Order Fillers23,580$36,850
Customer Service Representatives22,240$44,350

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Kansas City, KS, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,114 takes 22% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.3 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
21.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,114
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$141,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.31Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate67.6%Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±52911,105Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$87$1,114Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,362$141,500Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.8%Top 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate13.3%Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
60/ 100
Top 33% of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 3.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
517
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.3
Top 45% nationally
Year over year
+30%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
57.4%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Kansas City, KS, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.1 inches, including 11.0 inches of snow.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AP, 5.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation38.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall11.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing50°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

73 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, heat wave and strong wind.

Strong windModerate
Winter weatherModerate
Heat waveModerate
TornadoElevated
HailElevated

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, ice storm, lightning, inland flooding, landslide, earthquake, wildfire, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 10 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Kansas City IntlMCI10 mi10,801 ft
Rosecrans MemlSTJ45 mi8,061 ft
Topeka RgnlFOE54 mi12,803 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

66104 vs Kansas City

How this ZIP area compares with Kansas City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

66104
Kansas City
Median household income
$61,338
vs
$62,401
Per capita income
$25,818
vs
$29,317
Population density
1,673/sq mi
vs
1,244/sq mi
Median home value
$141,500
vs
$167,400
Median gross rent
$1,114
vs
$1,123
Homeownership rate
67.6%
vs
60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
12.0%
vs
20.8%
Poverty rate
18.7%
vs
16.0%
Median age
35.3
vs
33.9

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.