What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Downtown Core?
Downtown Core is ranked #39 of 39 eligible neighborhoods in Davis; #1,681 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #13,675 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Downtown Core
Davis, CA | Yolo County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
28.9
Stability and Strength
27.7
Value Opportunity
22.7
Momentum
39.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Davis, CA |
| County | Yolo County |
| National rank | #13,675 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,681 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #39 of 39 |
| County rank | #47 of 48 |
| National percentile | 8.6 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,324,203 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.18% |
| Home value to income ratio | 361.49 |
| Median household income | $3,663 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 65.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 12.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 8.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 79.4% |
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 Downtown Core
Is Downtown Core one of the best neighborhoods in Davis?
Downtown Core has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 28.9 and a city ranking of #39 of 39 eligible neighborhoods in Davis.
How much are homes worth in Downtown Core?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Downtown Core is approximately $1,324,203.
Are home values rising or falling in Downtown Core?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.4% year over year and 0.18% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Downtown Core?
Downtown Core has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 39.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Downtown Core?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $3,663.
How affordable is Downtown Core relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 361.49. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Downtown Core primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 8.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Downtown Core?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 12.5%.
How educated are residents of Downtown Core?
Approximately 65.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Downtown Core face high rent burden?
Approximately 79.4% 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 Downtown Core?
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 originations3
Home-purchase applications2
Origination rate49.7%
Home-purchase share38.0%
Average application loan$581,058
Total application loan amount$3,353,016
National application rank#13,543 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 9.5% YoY; originations -11.9% 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.