What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Valley Gardens?
Valley Gardens is ranked #62 of 187 eligible neighborhoods in Albuquerque; #69 of 222 eligible neighborhoods in NM; and #3,401 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Valley Gardens
Albuquerque, NM | Bernalillo County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
61.9
Stability and Strength
59.2
Value Opportunity
57.7
Momentum
72.1
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Albuquerque, NM |
| County | Bernalillo County |
| National rank | #3,401 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #69 of 222 |
| City rank | #62 of 187 |
| County rank | #62 of 187 |
| National percentile | 77.3 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $286,756 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 5.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.10% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.12 |
| Median household income | $69,653 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 19.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 85.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 26.4% |
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 Valley Gardens
Is Valley Gardens one of the best neighborhoods in Albuquerque?
Valley Gardens has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 61.9 and a city ranking of #62 of 187 eligible neighborhoods in Albuquerque.
How much are homes worth in Valley Gardens?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Valley Gardens is approximately $286,756.
Are home values rising or falling in Valley Gardens?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 5.3% year over year and -0.10% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Valley Gardens?
Valley Gardens has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 72.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Valley Gardens?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $69,653.
How affordable is Valley Gardens relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.12. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Valley Gardens primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 85.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Valley Gardens?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.7%.
How educated are residents of Valley Gardens?
Approximately 19.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Valley Gardens face high rent burden?
Approximately 26.4% 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 Valley Gardens?
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 applications17
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate55.5%
Home-purchase share48.8%
Average application loan$194,177
Total application loan amount$3,280,078
National application rank#11,140 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 18.4% YoY; originations 33.9% 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.