What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Portage Bay?
Portage Bay is ranked #38 of 88 eligible neighborhoods in Seattle; #165 of 533 eligible neighborhoods in WA; and #6,439 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Portage Bay
Seattle, WA | King County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
53.2
Stability and Strength
70.3
Value Opportunity
49.7
Momentum
30.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| County | King County |
| National rank | #6,439 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #165 of 533 |
| City rank | #38 of 88 |
| County rank | #87 of 287 |
| National percentile | 57.0 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,643,428 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.07% |
| Home value to income ratio | 15.48 |
| Median household income | $106,182 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 85.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.3% |
| Homeownership rate | 47.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 3.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 43.6% |
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 Portage Bay
Is Portage Bay one of the best neighborhoods in Seattle?
Portage Bay has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 53.2 and a city ranking of #38 of 88 eligible neighborhoods in Seattle.
How much are homes worth in Portage Bay?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Portage Bay is approximately $1,643,428.
Are home values rising or falling in Portage Bay?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.6% year over year and -0.07% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Portage Bay?
Portage Bay has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 30.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Portage Bay?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $106,182.
How affordable is Portage Bay relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 15.48. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Portage Bay primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 47.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Portage Bay?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.3%.
How educated are residents of Portage Bay?
Approximately 85.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Portage Bay face high rent burden?
Approximately 43.6% 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 Portage Bay?
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 applications48
Estimated originations28
Home-purchase applications30
Origination rate58.6%
Home-purchase share61.8%
Average application loan$625,027
Total application loan amount$30,079,958
National application rank#7,388 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 53.9% YoY; originations 29.6% 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.