What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Fire Tower?
Fire Tower is ranked #3 of 12 eligible neighborhoods in Semmes; #45 of 258 eligible neighborhoods in AL; and #4,862 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Fire Tower
Semmes, AL | Mobile County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
57.5
Stability and Strength
65.8
Value Opportunity
68.7
Momentum
28.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Semmes, AL |
| County | Mobile County |
| National rank | #4,862 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #45 of 258 |
| City rank | #3 of 12 |
| County rank | #31 of 148 |
| National percentile | 67.5 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $295,498 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.31% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.41 |
| Median household income | $86,653 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 28.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 90.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 6.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 44.4% |
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 Fire Tower
Is Fire Tower one of the best neighborhoods in Semmes?
Fire Tower has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 57.5 and a city ranking of #3 of 12 eligible neighborhoods in Semmes.
How much are homes worth in Fire Tower?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Fire Tower is approximately $295,498.
Are home values rising or falling in Fire Tower?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.1% year over year and -0.31% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Fire Tower?
Fire Tower has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 28.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Fire Tower?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $86,653.
How affordable is Fire Tower relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.41. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Fire Tower primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 90.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Fire Tower?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.1%.
How educated are residents of Fire Tower?
Approximately 28.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Fire Tower face high rent burden?
Approximately 44.4% 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 Fire Tower?
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 applications20
Estimated originations8
Home-purchase applications10
Origination rate39.4%
Home-purchase share52.5%
Average application loan$154,802
Total application loan amount$3,089,148
National application rank#10,654 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 12.6% YoY; originations 31.9% 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.