What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Fair Oaks?
Fair Oaks is ranked #16 of 16 eligible neighborhoods in Pleasant Hill; #1,543 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #12,555 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Fair Oaks
Pleasant Hill, CA | Contra Costa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
34.4
Stability and Strength
34.1
Value Opportunity
30.7
Momentum
39.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Pleasant Hill, CA |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| National rank | #12,555 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,543 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #16 of 16 |
| County rank | #48 of 57 |
| National percentile | 16.1 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $814,063 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.30% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.31 |
| Median household income | $66,129 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 43.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 10.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 24.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 70.1% |
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 Fair Oaks
Is Fair Oaks one of the best neighborhoods in Pleasant Hill?
Fair Oaks has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 34.4 and a city ranking of #16 of 16 eligible neighborhoods in Pleasant Hill.
How much are homes worth in Fair Oaks?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Fair Oaks is approximately $814,063.
Are home values rising or falling in Fair Oaks?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.7% year over year and 0.30% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Fair Oaks?
Fair Oaks has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 39.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Fair Oaks?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $66,129.
How affordable is Fair Oaks relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.31. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Fair Oaks primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 24.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Fair Oaks?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 10.9%.
How educated are residents of Fair Oaks?
Approximately 43.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Fair Oaks face high rent burden?
Approximately 70.1% 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 Fair Oaks?
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 applications6
Estimated originations4
Home-purchase applications3
Origination rate64.4%
Home-purchase share44.4%
Average application loan$1,123,667
Total application loan amount$6,751,338
National application rank#13,466 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 28.6% YoY; originations 38.1% 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.