The 10 Richest Neighborhoods In Kansas City, MO For 2024


The richest Kansas City neighborhoods are Sunset Hill West and Arnour Fields for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Chris Kolmar | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: October 30, 2023
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Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you’ll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they aren’t made of ticky-tacky, they are definitely made of money.

These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Kansas City has to offer. Where houses go for over 5.12x the national median and household incomes are 3.7x the national median.

But where exactly in Kansas City do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Sunset Hill West where the median income is a cool $203,558.

Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Kansas City out of 143 for 2024.

What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Kansas City for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Sunset Hill West looks to be the richest Kansas City neighborhood to live in.

Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,493,719. And that, my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank account for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.

Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Kansas City.

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Richst Neighborhoods In Kansas City For 2024 By Median Income

Rank Neighborhood Median Household Income
1 Sunset Hill West $203,558
2 Arnour Fields $190,797
3 Stanford Gardens $175,794
4 Greenway Fields $175,794
5 Wornall Homestead $155,781
6 Verona Hills $125,300
7 Armour Hills $124,347
8 Romanelli West $122,537
9 Morningside $115,357
10 Sunset Hill $104,454
11 Central Hyde Park $103,888
12 Westwood $103,164
13 Coleman Highlands $101,641
14 Timber Valley $95,761
15 Red Bridge North $95,014
16 Rolling Meadows $93,819
17 Unity Ridge $93,542
18 Birdlespur $89,478
19 Foxcroft And Glen Arbor $87,500
20 Plaza Westport $86,275
21 Lea Manor $85,491
22 Roanoke $85,000
23 Waldo Homes $84,842
24 Little Blue Valley $81,899
25 Ward Parkway $80,602
26 Tower Homes $78,097
27 River Market $76,806
28 Highview Estates $76,796
29 South Plaza $75,496
30 Crown Center $74,465
31 Faireway Hills $74,063
32 Mission Lake $73,739
33 Western 49-63 $71,579
34 West Plaza $71,537
35 Union Hill $70,612
36 Blue Vue Hills $70,125
37 Longfellow $69,637
38 Oak Park Southwest $68,433
39 West Waldo $67,534
40 Martin City $65,500
41 Western Hills $65,350
42 Volker $65,231
43 Stayton Meadows $64,711
44 Saint Catherine’s Gardens $62,102
45 Royal Oaks $61,198
46 Robandee South $60,170
47 Linden Hills And Indian Heights $59,897
48 Bonne Hills $59,294
49 Old Westport $58,996
50 White Oak $58,733
51 Santa Fe Hills $58,618
52 Country Club Plaza $57,680
53 South Hyde Park $56,936
54 Westside North $54,386
55 Stanford Estates $54,219
56 Ward Parkway Plaza $54,063
57 Southmoreland $53,798
58 Hickman Mills South $53,599
59 Blue Hills Estates $53,319
60 Brown Estates $52,884
61 Oldham Farms $52,880
62 Central Business District-Downtown $52,423
63 Eastwood Hill East $51,980
64 Oak Meyer Gardens $51,154
65 Ruskin Hills $50,824
66 Bannister Ares $50,536
67 Holmes Park $49,125
68 Sterling Acres $49,100
69 Country Lane Estates $48,938
70 Fairlane $48,856
71 Broadway Gillham $48,694
72 Willow Creek $48,485
73 Red Ridge South $46,227
74 Oakwood $45,714
75 Country Valley-Hawthorn Square $45,549
76 Park Farms $44,742
77 Valentine $44,362
78 South India Mound $44,198
79 Hanover Place $43,479
80 Eastern 49-63 $42,741
81 Westside South $42,276
82 Kirkside $41,678
83 East Community Team South $41,411
84 Vineyard Northwest $41,277
85 Vineyard $41,246
86 Palestine West And Oak Park Northeast $40,926
87 Beacon Hills $40,562
88 Eastwood Hills West $40,532
89 Fairwood And Robandee $40,445
90 Hillcrest $40,368
91 Blue Hills $40,152
92 Ivanhoe Southeast $38,880
93 Ivanhoe Northeast $38,728
94 Citadel $38,155
95 Wendell Phillips $38,080
96 Oak Park Southeast $37,805
97 Ruskin Heights $37,661
98 Richards Gebaur $37,652
99 Cunningham Ridge $37,532
100 Norble And Gregory Ridge $36,942
101 North India Mound $36,925
102 Swope Park Campus $36,687
103 Riss Lake $36,372
104 East Meyer $35,925
105 Hickman Mills $35,914
106 Sarritt Point $35,911
107 North Town Fork Creek $35,811
108 Washington Weatley $35,113
109 Self Help Neighborhood Council $35,040
110 Blue Valley Industrial $33,803
111 Pendleton Heights $33,780
112 East Community Team North $33,534
113 Ingleside $33,365
114 East Sqope Highlands $33,356
115 Loma Vista $33,200
116 West Blue Township $32,400
117 Sheffield $32,100
118 Manheim Park $32,012
119 Northest Industrial District $31,608
120 South Town Fork Creek $31,216
121 Mount Hope $31,194
122 Swope Parkway-Elmwood $31,053
123 East Blue Valley $30,520
124 North Blue Ridge $30,060
125 Santa Fe $29,174
126 Marlborough East $29,086
127 Lewis Heights $27,024
128 Key Coalition $26,845
129 North Hyde Park $26,801
130 Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride $26,330
131 South Blue Valley $25,971
132 Knoches Park $25,932
133 Indipendence Plaza $24,060
134 Hidden Valley $23,533
135 Lykins $23,420
136 Bleheim Square-Research Hospital $23,264
137 Oak Park Northwest $23,026
138 Linwood Homeowner-Ivanhoe $21,750
139 Palestine East $20,357
140 Ashland Ridge $19,189
141 West Blue Valley $18,654
142 Legacy East $18,207
143 Central Blue Valley-Park Tower Grade $14,866

How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Kansas City For 2024

Every city has its best neighborhoods — where everyone wants to live — and the worst neighborhoods — where no one wants to live. And then you have the wealthiest neighborhoods, where no one can afford to live.

And by no one, we mean you because there’s always someone richer than you.

How do you quantify richer than you? We looked at one simple criterion:

Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?

Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Kansas City.

We ranked every neighborhood in Kansas City by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Sunset Hill West, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Kansas City.

The richest neighborhoods in Kansas City are Sunset Hill West, Arnour Fields, Stanford Gardens, Greenway Fields, Wornall Homestead, Verona Hills, Armour Hills, Romanelli West, Morningside, and Sunset Hill.

The poorest neighborhood? That would be Central Blue Valley-Park Tower Grade.

The poorest neighborhoods in Kansas City are Central Blue Valley-Park Tower Grade, Legacy East, West Blue Valley, Ashland Ridge, and Palestine East.

We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Kansas City.

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About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

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