What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Shepard?
Shepard is ranked #179 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus; #414 of 481 eligible neighborhoods in OH; and #13,634 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Shepard
Columbus, OH | Franklin County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
29.1
Stability and Strength
9.6
Value Opportunity
25.8
Momentum
64.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Columbus, OH |
| County | Franklin County |
| National rank | #13,634 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #414 of 481 |
| City rank | #179 of 202 |
| County rank | #192 of 215 |
| National percentile | 8.9 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $162,991 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 6.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -1.07% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.75 |
| Median household income | $34,347 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 6.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 20.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 33.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 30.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 57.6% |
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 Shepard
Is Shepard one of the best neighborhoods in Columbus?
Shepard has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 29.1 and a city ranking of #179 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus.
How much are homes worth in Shepard?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Shepard is approximately $162,991.
Are home values rising or falling in Shepard?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 6.2% year over year and -1.07% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Shepard?
Shepard has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 64.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Shepard?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $34,347.
How affordable is Shepard relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.75. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Shepard primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 33.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Shepard?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 20.7%.
How educated are residents of Shepard?
Approximately 6.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Shepard face high rent burden?
Approximately 57.6% 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 Shepard?
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 applications30
Estimated originations14
Home-purchase applications13
Origination rate46.4%
Home-purchase share42.1%
Average application loan$138,880
Total application loan amount$4,220,935
National application rank#9,179 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 23.9% YoY; originations 20.4% 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.