What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Grand Beach?
Grand Beach is ranked No published New Buffalo rank is currently available; #52 of 334 eligible neighborhoods in MI; and #1,776 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Grand Beach
New Buffalo, MI | Berrien County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
67.9
Stability and Strength
72.2
Value Opportunity
42.5
Momentum
96.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | New Buffalo, MI |
| County | Berrien County |
| National rank | #1,776 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #52 of 334 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | Not available |
| National percentile | 88.1 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,311,379 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 9.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.01% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.25 |
| Median household income | $107,083 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 72.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 92.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 64.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 25.6% |
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 Grand Beach
Is Grand Beach one of the best neighborhoods in New Buffalo?
Grand Beach has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 67.9 and a city ranking of No published New Buffalo rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Grand Beach?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Grand Beach is approximately $1,311,379.
Are home values rising or falling in Grand Beach?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 9.2% year over year and 1.01% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Grand Beach?
Grand Beach has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 96.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Grand Beach?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $107,083.
How affordable is Grand Beach relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.25. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Grand Beach primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 92.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Grand Beach?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.4%.
How educated are residents of Grand Beach?
Approximately 72.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Grand Beach face high rent burden?
Approximately 25.6% 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 Grand Beach?
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 applications32
Estimated originations17
Home-purchase applications15
Origination rate52.6%
Home-purchase share46.1%
Average application loan$495,390
Total application loan amount$15,662,386
National application rank#9,041 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -12.0% YoY; originations -26.4% 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.