What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Mar Vista?
Mar Vista is ranked #7 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles; #556 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #5,123 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Mar Vista
Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
56.8
Stability and Strength
57.1
Value Opportunity
40.5
Momentum
79.0
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 | #5,123 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #556 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #7 of 94 |
| County rank | #93 of 321 |
| National percentile | 65.8 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,054,522 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 6.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.05% |
| Home value to income ratio | 18.40 |
| Median household income | $111,685 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 62.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 41.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 48.1% |
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 Mar Vista
Is Mar Vista one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles?
Mar Vista has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 56.8 and a city ranking of #7 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
How much are homes worth in Mar Vista?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Mar Vista is approximately $2,054,522.
Are home values rising or falling in Mar Vista?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 6.2% year over year and 0.05% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Mar Vista?
Mar Vista has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 79.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Mar Vista?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $111,685.
How affordable is Mar Vista relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 18.40. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Mar Vista primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 41.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Mar Vista?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.7%.
How educated are residents of Mar Vista?
Approximately 62.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Mar Vista face high rent burden?
Approximately 48.1% 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 Mar Vista?
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 applications740
Estimated originations423
Home-purchase applications341
Origination rate57.1%
Home-purchase share46.0%
Average application loan$1,055,328
Total application loan amount$781,399,083
National application rank#301 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 15.7% YoY; originations 13.7% 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.