AreaProfile

64118Kansas City, Missouri

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 64118.

78
Area Score
Top 3% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 9% of 727 published ZIP areas77
GrowthTop 36% of 701 published ZIP areas59
Housing affordabilityTop 6% of 800 published ZIP areas98
Climate501st of 779 published ZIP areas66
Physical resilienceTop 14% of 800 published ZIP areas84
AccessTop 46% of 779 published ZIP areas97
Economic stabilityTop 37% of 800 published ZIP areas64
The quick read

64118 ranks in the top 9% of published ZIP profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.6% and median household income of $74,740.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 19% of median household income.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 64118 in the top 14% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
41,984
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$74,740
Top 45% nationally
Density
3,286/sq mi
12.8 sq mi of land
Median age
36.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Kansas City
Missouri
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Nearest major airport
MCI
10 mi · Kansas City Intl
Median home value
$225,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.6% is lower than 93% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.5% over the past year, to 277,012 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,457$74,740Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,157$37,111Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate11.2%Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute24.0 minBottom 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher29.3%Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment277,012Top 44%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.7%Top 31%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.5%Top 10%June 2026
Labor force287,232Top 45%June 2026
Labor force participation69.7%Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$66,550Bottom 47%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$50,820Top 49%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.6%Bottom 20%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.6%Bottom 7%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202475k63k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $74,740 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, MO, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,179 takes 19% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.0 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
18.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,179
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$225,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.01Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate59.4%Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±70419,213Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$68$1,179Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,674$225,300Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income18.9%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.5%Bottom 35%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
59/ 100
Top 36% of 701 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.

66% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 4.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2,341
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.6
Top 38% nationally
Year over year
+9%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
66.2%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Kansas City, MO, 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, 6.5 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

84 / 100
Physical resilience

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

HailElevated
Heat waveModerate
TornadoModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, inland flooding, ice storm, winter weather, landslide, lightning, wildfire, earthquake, strong wind, 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 MemlSTJ43 mi8,061 ft
Topeka RgnlFOE61 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)

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.

64118 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.

64118
Kansas City
Median household income
$74,740
vs
$69,166
Per capita income
$37,111
vs
$41,393
Population density
3,286/sq mi
vs
1,623/sq mi
Median home value
$225,300
vs
$242,900
Median gross rent
$1,179
vs
$1,238
Homeownership rate
59.4%
vs
55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
29.3%
vs
38.4%
Poverty rate
11.2%
vs
14.6%
Median age
36.4
vs
35.8

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.