| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Richmond, VA |
| County | Richmond City |
| National rank | #4,883 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #210 of 518 |
| City rank | #44 of 113 |
| County rank | #44 of 113 |
| National percentile | 67.4 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $487,699 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.33% |
| Home value to income ratio | 5.28 |
| Median household income | $92,376 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 40.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.3% |
| Homeownership rate | 45.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.9% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 59.2% |
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 Forest Hill Terrace
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Forest Hill Terrace?
Forest Hill Terrace is ranked #44 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond; #210 of 518 eligible neighborhoods in VA; and #4,883 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Forest Hill Terrace one of the best neighborhoods in Richmond?
Forest Hill Terrace has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 57.5 and a city ranking of #44 of 113 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond.
How much are homes worth in Forest Hill Terrace?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Forest Hill Terrace is approximately $487,699.
Are home values rising or falling in Forest Hill Terrace?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.6% year over year and 0.33% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Forest Hill Terrace?
Forest Hill Terrace has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 71.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Forest Hill Terrace?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $92,376.
How affordable is Forest Hill Terrace relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 5.28. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Forest Hill Terrace primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 45.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Forest Hill Terrace?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.3%.
How educated are residents of Forest Hill Terrace?
Approximately 40.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Forest Hill Terrace face high rent burden?
Approximately 59.2% 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 Forest Hill Terrace?
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
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
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 applications28
Estimated originations20
Home-purchase applications15
Origination rate72.3%
Home-purchase share52.6%
Average application loan$300,628
Total application loan amount$8,419,223
National application rank#9,504 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 14.5% YoY; originations 32.7% 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.