| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Mesa, AZ |
| County | Maricopa County |
| National rank | #14,180 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #712 of 746 |
| City rank | #156 of 160 |
| County rank | #540 of 546 |
| National percentile | 5.3 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $347,131 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.30% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.87 |
| Median household income | $50,508 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 25.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 12.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 86.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 31.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 78.2% |
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 Fountain of the Sun
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Fountain of the Sun?
Fountain of the Sun is ranked #156 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa; #712 of 746 eligible neighborhoods in AZ; and #14,180 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Fountain of the Sun one of the best neighborhoods in Mesa?
Fountain of the Sun has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 25.2 and a city ranking of #156 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa.
How much are homes worth in Fountain of the Sun?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Fountain of the Sun is approximately $347,131.
Are home values rising or falling in Fountain of the Sun?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.6% year over year and -0.30% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Fountain of the Sun?
Fountain of the Sun has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 25.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Fountain of the Sun?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $50,508.
How affordable is Fountain of the Sun relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.87. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Fountain of the Sun primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 86.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Fountain of the Sun?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 12.1%.
How educated are residents of Fountain of the Sun?
Approximately 25.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Fountain of the Sun face high rent burden?
Approximately 78.2% 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 Fountain of the Sun?
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
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
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 applications178
Estimated originations101
Home-purchase applications92
Origination rate56.7%
Home-purchase share51.6%
Average application loan$214,442
Total application loan amount$38,107,953
National application rank#2,421 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 13.3% YoY; originations 6.3% 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.