What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Dolfield?
Dolfield is ranked #226 of 235 eligible neighborhoods in Baltimore; #264 of 273 eligible neighborhoods in MD; and #14,816 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Dolfield
Baltimore, MD | Baltimore City
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
16.8
Stability and Strength
19.2
Value Opportunity
22.3
Momentum
5.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Baltimore, MD |
| County | Baltimore City |
| National rank | #14,816 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #264 of 273 |
| City rank | #226 of 235 |
| County rank | #226 of 235 |
| National percentile | 1.0 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $171,465 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -5.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.86% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.41 |
| Median household income | $26,743 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 17.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 12.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 68.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 88.2% |
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 Dolfield
Is Dolfield one of the best neighborhoods in Baltimore?
Dolfield has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 16.8 and a city ranking of #226 of 235 eligible neighborhoods in Baltimore.
How much are homes worth in Dolfield?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Dolfield is approximately $171,465.
Are home values rising or falling in Dolfield?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -5.4% year over year and -0.86% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Dolfield?
Dolfield has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 5.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Dolfield?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $26,743.
How affordable is Dolfield relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.41. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Dolfield primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 68.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Dolfield?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 12.1%.
How educated are residents of Dolfield?
Approximately 17.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Dolfield face high rent burden?
Approximately 88.2% 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 Dolfield?
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 applications55
Estimated originations22
Home-purchase applications28
Origination rate40.6%
Home-purchase share51.4%
Average application loan$224,673
Total application loan amount$12,440,631
National application rank#6,835 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 7.4% YoY; originations 6.0% 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.