What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Normal Heights?
Normal Heights is ranked #78 of 111 eligible neighborhoods in San Diego; #1,370 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #11,028 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Normal Heights
San Diego, CA | San Diego County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
40.0
Stability and Strength
48.9
Value Opportunity
39.3
Momentum
26.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | San Diego, CA |
| County | San Diego County |
| National rank | #11,028 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,370 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #78 of 111 |
| County rank | #125 of 170 |
| National percentile | 26.3 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $886,426 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.8% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.64% |
| Home value to income ratio | 10.83 |
| Median household income | $81,854 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 50.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 22.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 47.3% |
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 Normal Heights
Is Normal Heights one of the best neighborhoods in San Diego?
Normal Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 40.0 and a city ranking of #78 of 111 eligible neighborhoods in San Diego.
How much are homes worth in Normal Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Normal Heights is approximately $886,426.
Are home values rising or falling in Normal Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.8% year over year and -0.64% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Normal Heights?
Normal Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 26.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Normal Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $81,854.
How affordable is Normal Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 10.83. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Normal Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 22.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Normal Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.4%.
How educated are residents of Normal Heights?
Approximately 50.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Normal Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 47.3% 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 Normal 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 applications200
Estimated originations111
Home-purchase applications87
Origination rate55.4%
Home-purchase share43.5%
Average application loan$655,057
Total application loan amount$130,905,473
National application rank#2,065 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 35.1% YoY; originations 24.4% 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.