| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Garland, TX |
| County | Dallas County |
| National rank | #3,238 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #253 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #14 of 78 |
| County rank | #35 of 152 |
| National percentile | 78.4 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $522,898 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.11% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.40 |
| Median household income | $153,590 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 73.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 98.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 100.0% |
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 Hills of Firewheel
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Hills of Firewheel?
Hills of Firewheel is ranked #14 of 78 eligible neighborhoods in Garland; #253 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #3,238 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Hills of Firewheel one of the best neighborhoods in Garland?
Hills of Firewheel has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 62.5 and a city ranking of #14 of 78 eligible neighborhoods in Garland.
How much are homes worth in Hills of Firewheel?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Hills of Firewheel is approximately $522,898.
Are home values rising or falling in Hills of Firewheel?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.3% year over year and -0.11% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Hills of Firewheel?
Hills of Firewheel has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 25.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Hills of Firewheel?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $153,590.
How affordable is Hills of Firewheel relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.40. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Hills of Firewheel primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 98.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Hills of Firewheel?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.9%.
How educated are residents of Hills of Firewheel?
Approximately 73.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Hills of Firewheel face high rent burden?
Approximately 100.0% 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 Hills of Firewheel?
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 applications7
Estimated originations3
Home-purchase applications3
Origination rate48.6%
Home-purchase share51.8%
Average application loan$969,609
Total application loan amount$6,475,132
National application rank#13,302 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 13.4% YoY; originations 18.0% 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.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Hills of Firewheel
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
3
Active listings observed
$535,000
Median asking price
$188.58
Median asking price / sq. ft.
93.0
Median days on market
2,837 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $525,200 to $539,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-17 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
3 exact polygon matches. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.