What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Belle Harbor?
Belle Harbor is ranked #2 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York; #29 of 418 eligible neighborhoods in NY; and #1,317 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Belle Harbor
New York, NY | Queens County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
70.2
Stability and Strength
71.4
Value Opportunity
48.8
Momentum
98.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | New York, NY |
| County | Queens County |
| National rank | #1,317 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #29 of 418 |
| City rank | #2 of 199 |
| County rank | #1 of 48 |
| National percentile | 91.2 |
| National band | TOP_10_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,282,131 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 12.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.15% |
| Home value to income ratio | 8.70 |
| Median household income | $147,349 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 61.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 7.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 87.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 33.6% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Belle Harbor
Is Belle Harbor one of the best neighborhoods in New York?
Belle Harbor has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 70.2 and a city ranking of #2 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York.
How much are homes worth in Belle Harbor?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Belle Harbor is approximately $1,282,131.
Are home values rising or falling in Belle Harbor?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 12.3% year over year and 1.15% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Belle Harbor?
Belle Harbor has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 98.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Belle Harbor?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $147,349.
How affordable is Belle Harbor relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 8.70. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Belle Harbor primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 87.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Belle Harbor?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 7.4%.
How educated are residents of Belle Harbor?
Approximately 61.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Belle Harbor face high rent burden?
Approximately 33.6% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Belle Harbor?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications58
Estimated originations32
Home-purchase applications28
Origination rate54.6%
Home-purchase share47.3%
Average application loan$571,462
Total application loan amount$33,395,424
National application rank#6,611 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 68.6% YoY; originations 75.4% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.