What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Ponderosa?
Ponderosa is ranked #7 of 9 eligible neighborhoods in Sunnyvale; #894 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #7,685 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Ponderosa
Sunnyvale, CA | Santa Clara County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
49.8
Stability and Strength
64.8
Value Opportunity
46.7
Momentum
30.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA |
| County | Santa Clara County |
| National rank | #7,685 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #894 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #7 of 9 |
| County rank | #77 of 95 |
| National percentile | 48.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,174,100 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.44% |
| Home value to income ratio | 15.56 |
| Median household income | $139,743 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 66.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 33.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 37.9% |
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 Ponderosa
Is Ponderosa one of the best neighborhoods in Sunnyvale?
Ponderosa has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 49.8 and a city ranking of #7 of 9 eligible neighborhoods in Sunnyvale.
How much are homes worth in Ponderosa?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Ponderosa is approximately $2,174,100.
Are home values rising or falling in Ponderosa?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.6% year over year and -0.44% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Ponderosa?
Ponderosa has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 30.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Ponderosa?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $139,743.
How affordable is Ponderosa relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 15.56. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Ponderosa primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 33.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Ponderosa?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.1%.
How educated are residents of Ponderosa?
Approximately 66.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Ponderosa face high rent burden?
Approximately 37.9% 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 Ponderosa?
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 applications397
Estimated originations251
Home-purchase applications277
Origination rate63.2%
Home-purchase share69.6%
Average application loan$2,119,118
Total application loan amount$842,275,553
National application rank#799 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 32.5% YoY; originations 38.3% 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.