Neighborhood Profile

Greater Third Ward

Houston, TX | Harris County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
17.6
National rank: #14,781 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
21.3
Score
Value Opportunity
24.4
Score
Momentum
2.2
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationHouston, TX
CountyHarris County
National rank#14,781 of 14,967
State rank#1,229 of 1,241
City rank#86 of 87
County rank#87 of 88
National percentile1.2
National bandLOWER_25_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$289,437
Year-over-year home value change-11.0%
Month-over-month home value change-0.72%
Home value to income ratio7.26
Median household income$39,882
Bachelor's degree or higher41.9%
Civilian unemployment rate16.6%
Homeownership rate34.5%
Housing vacancy rate16.1%
Rent burden 30% or higher62.8%

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 Greater Third Ward

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Greater Third Ward?

Greater Third Ward is ranked #86 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston; #1,229 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #14,781 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Greater Third Ward one of the best neighborhoods in Houston?

Greater Third Ward has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 17.6 and a city ranking of #86 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston.

How much are homes worth in Greater Third Ward?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Greater Third Ward is approximately $289,437.

Are home values rising or falling in Greater Third Ward?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -11.0% year over year and -0.72% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Greater Third Ward?

Greater Third Ward has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 2.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Greater Third Ward?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $39,882.

How affordable is Greater Third Ward relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.26. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Greater Third Ward primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 34.5%.

What is the unemployment rate in Greater Third Ward?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 16.6%.

How educated are residents of Greater Third Ward?

Approximately 41.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Greater Third Ward face high rent burden?

Approximately 62.8% 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 Greater Third Ward?

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

MODERATE

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 applications487
Estimated originations239
Home-purchase applications300
Origination rate49.0%
Home-purchase share61.7%
Average application loan$339,737
Total application loan amount$165,348,562
National application rankNot rankable
Geometry coverage82.1%
Recent trend: Applications 11.9% YoY; originations 0.2% 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.

Texas Current Housing Market

Current housing market in Greater Third Ward

A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.

179
Active listings observed
$355,000
Median asking price
$200.05
Median asking price / sq. ft.
108.0
Median days on market
1,991 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $40,000 to $3,900,000 Newest listing observed: 2026-09-16 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined

Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.

179 exact polygon matches. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.

Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.