ZIP code
64157
in Kansas City, MissouriPopulation 23,030
62.71/ 100
Ranked #3,124 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 9.8%)
Ranked #17 of 993 Missouri ZIPs (top 1.8%)
Ranked #25 of 200 Kansas City, MO-KS ZIPs (top 12.5%)
Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.
What defines this ZIP
Metrics where this ZIP sits in the tails of the national distribution — the ones that most set it apart. Select any tile for its definition and methodology.
Median household income
$149,526
in the top 3.9% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST99thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The middle household income in this ZIP — half of households earn more, half earn less — in dollars per year.
Full methodology ›Coronary heart disease
3.7%
in the bottom 2.5% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have coronary heart disease or angina.
Full methodology ›Stroke
2.0%
in the bottom 2.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have had a stroke.
Full methodology ›Industrial-pollution burden
in the top 4.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST96thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The EPA’s modeled screening score for industrial chemical releases, weighting the amounts released by their toxicity and how many people live nearby — a relative comparison score, not a measured exposure.
Full methodology ›Fatal road crashes
0.9 per 100,000 residents per year
in the bottom 4.4% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST2ndUS4thDefinition & source ›
The annual rate of fatal road crashes per 100,000 residents, pooled over a ten-year window.
A rate per resident population. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the rate to be reliable — about 30% of US ZIPs — no value is published rather than an unstable one; those ZIPs are absent from this comparison, not counted as crash-free.
Full methodology ›Mammography
82.6%
in the top 2.9% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST99thUS97thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.
Full methodology ›Poverty rate
0.77%
in the bottom 5.1% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST5thUS5thDefinition & source ›
The share of residents whose income is below the federal poverty line, from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Full methodology ›Diabetes
7.8%
in the bottom 3.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS4thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
Full methodology ›Mobility disability
9.0%
in the bottom 5.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS6thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Full methodology ›Food insecurity
8.1%
in the bottom 7.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST3rdUS8thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months.
Full methodology ›The read
Overall, ZIP 64157, one of several in Kansas City, Missouri lands in the top 9.8% healthiest ZIPs nationally (3,124th) and the top 1.8% of Missouri (17th).
The picture here is genuinely mixed, with readings on both sides: household income rests in the top 3.9% nationally, and modeled coronary heart disease stands in the bottom 2.5% nationally. Modeled stroke lies in the bottom 2.3% nationally, and fatal road crashes lands in the bottom 4.4% nationally. Modeled mammography sits in the top 2.9% nationally, poverty is in the bottom 5.1% nationally, and modeled diabetes settles in the bottom 3.8% nationally. Modeled mobility disability resides in the bottom 5.6% nationally, and food insecurity registers in the bottom 7.8% nationally. On the other side, modeled industrial-pollution burden rests in the top 4.3% nationally.
Set beside the nearby areas, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. A note on the terms: industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. For a healthier nearby comparison, ZIP 64167, just across the boundary, ranks better overall. The ZIP also sits on the healthier half of the national range on at least seven of the ten good-life measures tracked here, from quiet and green space to nearby care, a combination reached by about one in twenty-five US ZIP codes.
What’s driving this score
Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score — here is how this ZIP does on each, and how much each one counts. Compare it against the US, this state and the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Lifting this score
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 93%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 94%
16%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 76%
11%
Disability
healthier than 93%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 80%
5%
About typical
Preventive Care
healthier than 52%
13%
Mental Health
healthier than 57%
8%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 46%
5%
Holding it back
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 32%
14%
Lifting this score
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 98%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 95%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 73%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 96%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 90%
8%
Disability
in the top 1.0%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 80%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 85%
5%
Holding it back
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 24%
14%
Lifting this score
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 94%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 84%
16%
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 64%
14%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 80%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 64%
8%
Disability
healthier than 89%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 80%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 74%
5%
About typical
Preventive Care
healthier than 58%
13%
Nothing measured is holding this score back.
“Share” is how much of this ZIP’s score the domain accounts for. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›
Findings that name this ZIP
2 of our published findings list this ZIP code. Each finding compares one published measure against a stated benchmark, and names only the ZIP codes whose estimates are reliable enough to rank. See all surprising findings.
Above its nearby ZIPs
The ZIP codes that outlive their neighbors
Estimated life expectancy is 82.5 ± 3.8 years. The 46 nearest ZIP codes with estimates average 77.0 years — 5.5 years above them.
Ranked #84 of the 3,687 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by years above the nearby-ZIP average, highest first.
Heavy environment, light chronic burden
Where the environment and chronic illness point in opposite directions
Environmental-hazard standing 32.6; chronic-disease standing 92.8 (top 10%) — 60 points apart, heavier on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #15,439 of the 18,187 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by the gap from cleanest environment to heaviest chronic burden, highest first.
Nearby & similar ZIPs
Editorially selected — see how this ZIP compares to nearby and similar places.
Nearby
64068
Missourishares a border
Score 56.20
Closest healthier
64167
Missourishares a border
Score 62.83
Similar health profile
28209
North Carolina99% similar profile
Score 67.42
How these were chosen: only ZIPs with a published Score appear — a nearby ZIP with too little data to score won’t. Nearby means closest by distance between ZIP boundaries, which can cross state lines. A similar health profile is a close match across the nine Score domains, not similar demographics. Distances are measured between ZIP boundaries — ZIPs that touch share a border. How distance is measured
Evidence
Every measure this page draws on, by source. Collapsed by default — the full data stays in the page for search engines either way.
Health OutcomesCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Arthritis among adults | 22.1% | 19.6–24.8 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 28.7% | 25.5–32.2 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 6.6% | 5.9–7.3 |
| Current asthma among adults | 10.1% | 8.9–11.4 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 3.7% | 3.3–4.2 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 4.3% | 3.8–4.9 |
| Depression among adults | 23.6% | 20.4–27.1 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 7.8% | 6.8–9.0 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 32.8% | 29.2–36.8 |
| Obesity among adults | 35.3% | 30.0–41.0 |
| Stroke among adults | 2.0% | 1.8–2.2 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 8.6% | 6.9–10.3 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 5.9% | 4.9–7.1 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 69.9% | 66.2–73.6 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 76.0% | 72.5–79.4 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 86.2% | 84.4–88.1 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 61.6% | 57.1–65.8 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 68.1% | 65.0–71.0 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 82.6% | 76.9–87.0 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 17.9% | 15.0–21.3 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 12.0% | 10.2–14.1 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 19.0% | 16.1–22.3 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 33.1% | 28.6–37.5 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 13.1% | 11.3–15.0 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 15.7% | 13.9–17.7 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 10.2% | 9.0–11.6 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 13.3% | 11.7–15.1 |
| Any disability among adults | 25.9% | 22.6–29.5 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 5.0% | 4.4–5.7 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 5.9% | 5.2–6.7 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 9.0% | 7.8–10.3 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 2.2% | 2.0–2.5 |
| Vision disability among adults | 2.9% | 2.6–3.2 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 17.5% | 14.9–20.2 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 8.1% | 6.7–9.6 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 5.6% | 4.6–6.7 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 8.9% | 7.6–10.5 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 5.7% | 4.9–6.5 |
| Loneliness among adults | 31.4% | 27.2–35.7 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 6.3% | 5.4–7.3 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | MO median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 0.8% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 12.3% (3.2–26.0%) n=1,009 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 3.6% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 13.2% (3.5–28.4%) n=1,006 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 4.3% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 9.5% (2.5–20.5%) n=1,009 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 52.4% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 18.1% (7.2–40.2%) n=1,009 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 2.4% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 2.9% (0.0–8.5%) n=1,003 |
| Households without a vehicle | 1.2% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 4.1% (0.0–11.9%) n=1,009 |
| Broadband subscription | 95.8% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 86.3% (72.7–95.2%) n=1,009 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 16.8% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 20.7% (8.4–33.9%) n=1,009 |
| Homeownership rate | 90.9% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 79.4% (56.0–94.3%) n=1,009 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 1.0% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 1.1% (0.0–5.1%) n=1,009 |
| Foreign-born population | 6.0% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 0.8% (0.0–6.4%) n=1,010 |
| Single-parent households | 36.3% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 55.0% (39.5–75.6%) n=1,005 |
| Population 65+ | 9.7% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 19.2% (11.7–31.1%) n=1,010 |
| Median age | 38.4 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 41.5 yr (33.3–55.9) n=1,005 |
| Median household income | $149,526 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $61,740 ($42,457–$95,231) n=948 |
| Median home value | $386,400 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $174,150 ($91,880–$309,500) n=930 |
| Median gross rent | $2,169 | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $813 ($553–$1,265) n=786 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | MO median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.5 yr ± 1.94 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 77.6 yr (74.6–81.0) n=995 |
About the ± — it’s this estimate’s give-or-take (statisticians call it the standard error). The true life expectancy for this ZIP most likely falls within 1.94 years of 82.5, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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How these lists were built: they draw only from ZIPs that have a published Score, so ZIPs with too little data to score are not listed. Distance-based lists use distance between ZIP boundaries with no state filter, so an out-of-state ZIP can appear. Statistically similar means a close match across the nine Score domains, not a demographic match: the measure is the cosine similarity between two ZIPs’ domain scores, taken over the domains both ZIPs have data for and only where that overlap covers at least six of the nine — and where no ZIP clears that minimum-overlap floor, that list is left out rather than filled with a weak match. How distance is measured