What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Inwood?
Inwood is ranked #182 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York; #381 of 418 eligible neighborhoods in NY; and #12,910 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Inwood
New York, NY | New York County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
32.8
Stability and Strength
33.2
Value Opportunity
27.1
Momentum
40.0
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | New York, NY |
| County | New York County |
| National rank | #12,910 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #381 of 418 |
| City rank | #182 of 199 |
| County rank | #19 of 24 |
| National percentile | 13.7 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $883,154 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.59% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.80 |
| Median household income | $68,993 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 38.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 9.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 11.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 7.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 52.9% |
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 Inwood
Is Inwood one of the best neighborhoods in New York?
Inwood has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 32.8 and a city ranking of #182 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York.
How much are homes worth in Inwood?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Inwood is approximately $883,154.
Are home values rising or falling in Inwood?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.9% year over year and -0.59% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Inwood?
Inwood has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 40.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Inwood?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $68,993.
How affordable is Inwood relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.80. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Inwood primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 11.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Inwood?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 9.4%.
How educated are residents of Inwood?
Approximately 38.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Inwood face high rent burden?
Approximately 52.9% 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 Inwood?
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 applications85
Estimated originations51
Home-purchase applications61
Origination rate60.5%
Home-purchase share72.0%
Average application loan$1,275,728
Total application loan amount$108,409,548
National application rankNot rankable
Geometry coverage57.5%
Recent trend: Applications 3.5% YoY; originations -18.5% 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.