What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Kent?
Kent is ranked No published Washington rank is currently available; No published DC rank is currently available; and No published the United States rank is currently available.
Neighborhood Profile
Kent
Washington, DC | District of Columbia
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
Not available
Stability and Strength
Not available
Value Opportunity
Not available
Momentum
69.5
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Washington, DC |
| County | District of Columbia |
| National rank | Not available |
| State rank | Not available |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | Not available |
| National percentile | Not available |
| National band | Not available |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,332,725 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.8% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.52% |
| Home value to income ratio | Not available |
| Median household income | Not available |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 93.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 88.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 6.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 62.0% |
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 Kent
Is Kent one of the best neighborhoods in Washington?
Kent has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of Not available and a city ranking of No published Washington rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Kent?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Kent is approximately $2,332,725.
Are home values rising or falling in Kent?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.8% year over year and 0.52% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Kent?
Kent has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 69.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Kent?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately Not available.
How affordable is Kent relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is Not available. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Kent primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 88.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Kent?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.8%.
How educated are residents of Kent?
Approximately 93.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Kent face high rent burden?
Approximately 62.0% 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 Kent?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
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 applications40
Estimated originations24
Home-purchase applications18
Origination rate60.9%
Home-purchase share45.2%
Average application loan$1,145,752
Total application loan amount$45,980,294
National application rank#8,125 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -13.3% YoY; originations -13.6% 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.