What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Boyle Heights?
Boyle Heights is ranked #86 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles; #1,756 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #14,369 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Boyle Heights
Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
23.4
Stability and Strength
24.2
Value Opportunity
21.1
Momentum
25.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #14,369 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,756 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #86 of 94 |
| County rank | #312 of 321 |
| National percentile | 4.0 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $656,640 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.11% |
| Home value to income ratio | 11.91 |
| Median household income | $55,128 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 13.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 24.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 57.4% |
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 Boyle Heights
Is Boyle Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles?
Boyle Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 23.4 and a city ranking of #86 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
How much are homes worth in Boyle Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Boyle Heights is approximately $656,640.
Are home values rising or falling in Boyle Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.2% year over year and -0.11% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Boyle Heights?
Boyle Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 25.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Boyle Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $55,128.
How affordable is Boyle Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 11.91. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Boyle Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 24.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Boyle Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.6%.
How educated are residents of Boyle Heights?
Approximately 13.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Boyle Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 57.4% 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 Boyle Heights?
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 applications504
Estimated originations241
Home-purchase applications189
Origination rate47.8%
Home-purchase share37.5%
Average application loan$493,853
Total application loan amount$248,938,876
National application rank#549 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 5.9% YoY; originations 7.0% 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.