What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Ardenwood?
Ardenwood is ranked #10 of 27 eligible neighborhoods in Fremont; #734 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #6,538 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Ardenwood
Fremont, CA | Alameda County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
52.9
Stability and Strength
77.3
Value Opportunity
52.2
Momentum
15.1
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Fremont, CA |
| County | Alameda County |
| National rank | #6,538 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #734 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #10 of 27 |
| County rank | #68 of 202 |
| National percentile | 56.3 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,585,859 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.8% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.48% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.12 |
| Median household income | $130,832 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 73.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 68.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 27.4% |
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 Ardenwood
Is Ardenwood one of the best neighborhoods in Fremont?
Ardenwood has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 52.9 and a city ranking of #10 of 27 eligible neighborhoods in Fremont.
How much are homes worth in Ardenwood?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Ardenwood is approximately $1,585,859.
Are home values rising or falling in Ardenwood?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.8% year over year and -0.48% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Ardenwood?
Ardenwood has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 15.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Ardenwood?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $130,832.
How affordable is Ardenwood relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.12. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Ardenwood primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 68.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Ardenwood?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.2%.
How educated are residents of Ardenwood?
Approximately 73.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Ardenwood face high rent burden?
Approximately 27.4% 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 Ardenwood?
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 applications229
Estimated originations128
Home-purchase applications98
Origination rate56.0%
Home-purchase share42.8%
Average application loan$706,440
Total application loan amount$162,044,642
National application rank#1,720 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 43.5% YoY; originations 44.6% 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.