What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Downtown?
Downtown is ranked #12 of 16 eligible neighborhoods in Stamford; #63 of 153 eligible neighborhoods in CT; and #4,651 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Downtown
Stamford, CT | Fairfield County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
58.1
Stability and Strength
56.8
Value Opportunity
56.9
Momentum
61.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Stamford, CT |
| County | Fairfield County |
| National rank | #4,651 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #63 of 153 |
| City rank | #12 of 16 |
| County rank | #21 of 39 |
| National percentile | 68.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $536,398 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.23% |
| Home value to income ratio | 5.72 |
| Median household income | $93,857 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 64.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 20.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 6.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 46.9% |
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 Downtown
Is Downtown one of the best neighborhoods in Stamford?
Downtown has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 58.1 and a city ranking of #12 of 16 eligible neighborhoods in Stamford.
How much are homes worth in Downtown?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Downtown is approximately $536,398.
Are home values rising or falling in Downtown?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.5% year over year and 0.23% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Downtown?
Downtown has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 61.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Downtown?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $93,857.
How affordable is Downtown relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 5.72. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Downtown primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 20.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Downtown?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.7%.
How educated are residents of Downtown?
Approximately 64.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Downtown face high rent burden?
Approximately 46.9% 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 Downtown?
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 applications293
Estimated originations150
Home-purchase applications177
Origination rate51.3%
Home-purchase share60.3%
Average application loan$564,906
Total application loan amount$165,530,125
National application rank#1,231 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Trend not published for this geometry comparison
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.