What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Laurel?
Laurel is ranked #100 of 117 eligible neighborhoods in Oakland; #1,736 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #14,172 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Laurel
Oakland, CA | Alameda County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
25.3
Stability and Strength
36.6
Value Opportunity
25.9
Momentum
6.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Oakland, CA |
| County | Alameda County |
| National rank | #14,172 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,736 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #100 of 117 |
| County rank | #185 of 202 |
| National percentile | 5.3 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $620,226 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -9.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.31% |
| Home value to income ratio | 16.61 |
| Median household income | $37,334 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 41.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 7.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 61.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 75.4% |
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 Laurel
Is Laurel one of the best neighborhoods in Oakland?
Laurel has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 25.3 and a city ranking of #100 of 117 eligible neighborhoods in Oakland.
How much are homes worth in Laurel?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Laurel is approximately $620,226.
Are home values rising or falling in Laurel?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -9.7% year over year and -0.31% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Laurel?
Laurel has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 6.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Laurel?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $37,334.
How affordable is Laurel relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 16.61. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Laurel primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 61.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Laurel?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 7.2%.
How educated are residents of Laurel?
Approximately 41.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Laurel face high rent burden?
Approximately 75.4% 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 Laurel?
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 applications42
Estimated originations20
Home-purchase applications19
Origination rate48.9%
Home-purchase share45.0%
Average application loan$392,130
Total application loan amount$16,419,639
National application rank#7,952 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 47.1% YoY; originations 26.5% 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.