Neighborhood Profile

Garfield Heights

Washington, DC | District of Columbia
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
9.1
National rank: #14,951 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
13.2
Score
Value Opportunity
7.4
Score
Momentum
4.8
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationWashington, DC
CountyDistrict of Columbia
National rank#14,951 of 14,967
State rank#113 of 113
City rank#113 of 113
County rank#113 of 113
National percentile0.1
National bandLOWER_25_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$365,682
Year-over-year home value change-8.0%
Month-over-month home value change-0.47%
Home value to income ratio15.86
Median household income$23,057
Bachelor's degree or higher8.9%
Civilian unemployment rate11.9%
Homeownership rate9.9%
Housing vacancy rate16.7%
Rent burden 30% or higher39.6%

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 Garfield Heights

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Garfield Heights?

Garfield Heights is ranked #113 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Washington; #113 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in DC; and #14,951 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Garfield Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Washington?

Garfield Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 9.1 and a city ranking of #113 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Washington.

How much are homes worth in Garfield Heights?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Garfield Heights is approximately $365,682.

Are home values rising or falling in Garfield Heights?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -8.0% year over year and -0.47% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Garfield Heights?

Garfield Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 4.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Garfield Heights?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $23,057.

How affordable is Garfield Heights relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 15.86. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Garfield Heights primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 9.9%.

What is the unemployment rate in Garfield Heights?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 11.9%.

How educated are residents of Garfield Heights?

Approximately 8.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Garfield Heights face high rent burden?

Approximately 39.6% 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 Garfield 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

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 applications31
Estimated originations14
Home-purchase applications16
Origination rate43.4%
Home-purchase share50.9%
Average application loan$453,768
Total application loan amount$14,170,145
National application rank#9,079 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -1.0% YoY; originations 0.0% 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.