| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Tempe, AZ |
| County | Maricopa County |
| National rank | #11,897 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #615 of 746 |
| City rank | #60 of 68 |
| County rank | #500 of 546 |
| National percentile | 20.5 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $362,708 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -3.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.28% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.54 |
| Median household income | $79,946 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 50.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 11.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 73.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 14.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 82.9% |
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 Tempe South Mountain
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Tempe South Mountain?
Tempe South Mountain is ranked #60 of 68 eligible neighborhoods in Tempe; #615 of 746 eligible neighborhoods in AZ; and #11,897 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Tempe South Mountain one of the best neighborhoods in Tempe?
Tempe South Mountain has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 36.9 and a city ranking of #60 of 68 eligible neighborhoods in Tempe.
How much are homes worth in Tempe South Mountain?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Tempe South Mountain is approximately $362,708.
Are home values rising or falling in Tempe South Mountain?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -3.4% year over year and -0.28% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Tempe South Mountain?
Tempe South Mountain has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 15.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Tempe South Mountain?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $79,946.
How affordable is Tempe South Mountain relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.54. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Tempe South Mountain primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 73.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Tempe South Mountain?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 11.6%.
How educated are residents of Tempe South Mountain?
Approximately 50.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Tempe South Mountain face high rent burden?
Approximately 82.9% 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 Tempe South Mountain?
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
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
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 applications5
Estimated originations2
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate43.2%
Home-purchase share71.2%
Average application loan$150,280
Total application loan amount$752,162
National application rank#13,757 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 13.6% YoY; originations -1.8% 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.