What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Upper West Side?
Upper West Side is ranked #90 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York; #191 of 418 eligible neighborhoods in NY; and #6,720 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Upper West Side
New York, NY | New York County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
52.5
Stability and Strength
53.8
Value Opportunity
35.8
Momentum
73.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | New York, NY |
| County | New York County |
| National rank | #6,720 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #191 of 418 |
| City rank | #90 of 199 |
| County rank | #9 of 24 |
| National percentile | 55.1 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $3,342,735 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 8.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.23% |
| Home value to income ratio | 33.02 |
| Median household income | $101,230 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 78.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 35.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 16.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 44.3% |
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 Upper West Side
Is Upper West Side one of the best neighborhoods in New York?
Upper West Side has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 52.5 and a city ranking of #90 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York.
How much are homes worth in Upper West Side?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Upper West Side is approximately $3,342,735.
Are home values rising or falling in Upper West Side?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 8.1% year over year and -0.23% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Upper West Side?
Upper West Side has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 73.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Upper West Side?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $101,230.
How affordable is Upper West Side relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 33.02. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Upper West Side primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 35.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Upper West Side?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.5%.
How educated are residents of Upper West Side?
Approximately 78.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Upper West Side face high rent burden?
Approximately 44.3% 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 Upper West Side?
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 applications1,480
Estimated originations872
Home-purchase applications1,072
Origination rate59.0%
Home-purchase share72.5%
Average application loan$1,432,789
Total application loan amount$2,120,080,215
National application rank#86 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage97.9%
Recent trend: Applications -0.1% YoY; originations -3.6% 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.