What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sawtelle?
Sawtelle is ranked #55 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles; #1,369 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #11,006 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Sawtelle
Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
40.0
Stability and Strength
48.8
Value Opportunity
37.6
Momentum
29.3
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 | #11,006 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,369 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #55 of 94 |
| County rank | #241 of 321 |
| National percentile | 26.5 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,463,309 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.42% |
| Home value to income ratio | 14.00 |
| Median household income | $104,504 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 68.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 18.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.9% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 50.9% |
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 Sawtelle
Is Sawtelle one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles?
Sawtelle has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 40.0 and a city ranking of #55 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
How much are homes worth in Sawtelle?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sawtelle is approximately $1,463,309.
Are home values rising or falling in Sawtelle?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.7% year over year and -0.42% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sawtelle?
Sawtelle has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 29.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Sawtelle?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $104,504.
How affordable is Sawtelle relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 14.00. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Sawtelle primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 18.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Sawtelle?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.9%.
How educated are residents of Sawtelle?
Approximately 68.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Sawtelle face high rent burden?
Approximately 50.9% 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 Sawtelle?
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 applications287
Estimated originations161
Home-purchase applications150
Origination rate56.1%
Home-purchase share52.3%
Average application loan$2,146,654
Total application loan amount$616,742,531
National application rankNot rankable
Geometry coverage89.2%
Recent trend: Applications -1.0% YoY; originations -5.8% 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.