| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Fort Wayne, IN |
| County | Allen County |
| National rank | #899 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #77 of 656 |
| City rank | #57 of 302 |
| County rank | #57 of 302 |
| National percentile | 94.0 |
| National band | TOP_10_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $386,119 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.8% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.47% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.99 |
| Median household income | $96,879 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 35.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 96.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 45.8% |
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 Forest Ridge Estates
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Forest Ridge Estates?
Forest Ridge Estates is ranked #57 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne; #77 of 656 eligible neighborhoods in IN; and #899 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Forest Ridge Estates one of the best neighborhoods in Fort Wayne?
Forest Ridge Estates has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 72.8 and a city ranking of #57 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne.
How much are homes worth in Forest Ridge Estates?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Forest Ridge Estates is approximately $386,119.
Are home values rising or falling in Forest Ridge Estates?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.8% year over year and 0.47% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Forest Ridge Estates?
Forest Ridge Estates has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 84.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Forest Ridge Estates?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $96,879.
How affordable is Forest Ridge Estates relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.99. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Forest Ridge Estates primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 96.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Forest Ridge Estates?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.4%.
How educated are residents of Forest Ridge Estates?
Approximately 35.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Forest Ridge Estates face high rent burden?
Approximately 45.8% 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 Forest Ridge Estates?
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 applications2
Estimated originations1
Home-purchase applications1
Origination rate64.0%
Home-purchase share36.0%
Average application loan$172,658
Total application loan amount$379,239
National application rank#14,525 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -3.5% YoY; originations -1.4% 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.