What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Broad Rock?
Broad Rock is ranked #104 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond; #499 of 518 eligible neighborhoods in VA; and #14,025 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Broad Rock
Richmond, VA | Richmond City
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
26.4
Stability and Strength
21.4
Value Opportunity
21.2
Momentum
41.5
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Richmond, VA |
| County | Richmond City |
| National rank | #14,025 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #499 of 518 |
| City rank | #104 of 113 |
| County rank | #104 of 113 |
| National percentile | 6.3 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $209,175 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.22% |
| Home value to income ratio | 11.45 |
| Median household income | $18,276 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 2.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 8.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 19.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 93.4% |
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 Broad Rock
Is Broad Rock one of the best neighborhoods in Richmond?
Broad Rock has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 26.4 and a city ranking of #104 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond.
How much are homes worth in Broad Rock?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Broad Rock is approximately $209,175.
Are home values rising or falling in Broad Rock?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.4% year over year and -0.22% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Broad Rock?
Broad Rock has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 41.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Broad Rock?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $18,276.
How affordable is Broad Rock relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 11.45. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Broad Rock primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 8.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Broad Rock?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.1%.
How educated are residents of Broad Rock?
Approximately 2.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Broad Rock face high rent burden?
Approximately 93.4% 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 Broad Rock?
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 applications33
Estimated originations20
Home-purchase applications17
Origination rate60.4%
Home-purchase share52.1%
Average application loan$202,869
Total application loan amount$6,595,332
National application rank#8,929 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -2.4% YoY; originations -9.0% 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.