What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Rockwell?
Rockwell is ranked #17 of 19 eligible neighborhoods in Beaumont; #1,060 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #13,082 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Rockwell
Beaumont, TX | Jefferson County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
32.1
Stability and Strength
28.1
Value Opportunity
50.2
Momentum
13.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Beaumont, TX |
| County | Jefferson County |
| National rank | #13,082 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,060 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #17 of 19 |
| County rank | #17 of 19 |
| National percentile | 12.6 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $113,450 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -1.01% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.84 |
| Median household income | $39,927 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 2.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 67.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 18.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 78.6% |
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 Rockwell
Is Rockwell one of the best neighborhoods in Beaumont?
Rockwell has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 32.1 and a city ranking of #17 of 19 eligible neighborhoods in Beaumont.
How much are homes worth in Rockwell?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Rockwell is approximately $113,450.
Are home values rising or falling in Rockwell?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.7% year over year and -1.01% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Rockwell?
Rockwell has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 13.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Rockwell?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $39,927.
How affordable is Rockwell relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.84. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Rockwell primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 67.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Rockwell?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.1%.
How educated are residents of Rockwell?
Approximately 2.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Rockwell face high rent burden?
Approximately 78.6% 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 Rockwell?
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 applications16
Estimated originations8
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate47.8%
Home-purchase share47.8%
Average application loan$124,421
Total application loan amount$2,007,245
National application rank#11,273 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 30.9% YoY; originations 67.8% 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.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Rockwell
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
1
Active listings observed
$215,000
Median asking price
$154.34
Median asking price / sq. ft.
6.0
Median days on market
1,393 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $215,000 to $215,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-13 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
1 exact polygon match. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.