What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Bellair?
Bellair is ranked #277 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne; #550 of 656 eligible neighborhoods in IN; and #10,983 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Bellair
Fort Wayne, IN | Allen County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
40.1
Stability and Strength
28.7
Value Opportunity
39.5
Momentum
59.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Fort Wayne, IN |
| County | Allen County |
| National rank | #10,983 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #550 of 656 |
| City rank | #277 of 302 |
| County rank | #277 of 302 |
| National percentile | 26.6 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $184,847 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.18% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.67 |
| Median household income | $50,429 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 16.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 14.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 86.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 17.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 52.8% |
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 Bellair
Is Bellair one of the best neighborhoods in Fort Wayne?
Bellair has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 40.1 and a city ranking of #277 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne.
How much are homes worth in Bellair?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Bellair is approximately $184,847.
Are home values rising or falling in Bellair?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.3% year over year and 0.18% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Bellair?
Bellair has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 59.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Bellair?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $50,429.
How affordable is Bellair relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.67. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Bellair primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 86.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Bellair?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 14.0%.
How educated are residents of Bellair?
Approximately 16.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Bellair face high rent burden?
Approximately 52.8% 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 Bellair?
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 applications10
Estimated originations8
Home-purchase applications5
Origination rate79.6%
Home-purchase share51.5%
Average application loan$199,530
Total application loan amount$1,980,127
National application rank#12,520 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 31.1% YoY; originations 84.5% 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.