What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Lincoln Heights?
Lincoln Heights is ranked #132 of 163 eligible neighborhoods in Charlotte; #443 of 535 eligible neighborhoods in NC; and #12,510 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Lincoln Heights
Charlotte, NC | Mecklenburg County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
34.6
Stability and Strength
29.5
Value Opportunity
33.3
Momentum
44.5
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Charlotte, NC |
| County | Mecklenburg County |
| National rank | #12,510 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #443 of 535 |
| City rank | #132 of 163 |
| County rank | #132 of 163 |
| National percentile | 16.4 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $259,703 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.27% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.89 |
| Median household income | $37,674 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 12.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 2.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 30.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 7.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 65.6% |
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 Lincoln Heights
Is Lincoln Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Charlotte?
Lincoln Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 34.6 and a city ranking of #132 of 163 eligible neighborhoods in Charlotte.
How much are homes worth in Lincoln Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Lincoln Heights is approximately $259,703.
Are home values rising or falling in Lincoln Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.0% year over year and 0.27% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Lincoln Heights?
Lincoln Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 44.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Lincoln Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $37,674.
How affordable is Lincoln Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.89. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Lincoln Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 30.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Lincoln Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.2%.
How educated are residents of Lincoln Heights?
Approximately 12.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Lincoln Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 65.6% 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 Lincoln Heights?
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 applications87
Estimated originations51
Home-purchase applications46
Origination rate58.5%
Home-purchase share53.2%
Average application loan$255,196
Total application loan amount$22,297,079
National application rank#4,867 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 9.0% YoY; originations 13.8% 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.