Neighborhood Profile

New Kirkwood Park

Fort Wayne, IN | Allen County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
58.2
National rank: #4,608 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
46.3
Score
Value Opportunity
60.4
Score
Momentum
74.3
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationFort Wayne, IN
CountyAllen County
National rank#4,608 of 14,967
State rank#298 of 656
City rank#182 of 302
County rank#182 of 302
National percentile69.2
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$262,050
Year-over-year home value change3.1%
Month-over-month home value change0.34%
Home value to income ratio3.37
Median household income$77,859
Bachelor's degree or higher37.8%
Civilian unemployment rate18.3%
Homeownership rate83.3%
Housing vacancy rate0.0%
Rent burden 30% or higher70.7%

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 New Kirkwood Park

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for New Kirkwood Park?

New Kirkwood Park is ranked #182 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne; #298 of 656 eligible neighborhoods in IN; and #4,608 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is New Kirkwood Park one of the best neighborhoods in Fort Wayne?

New Kirkwood Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 58.2 and a city ranking of #182 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne.

How much are homes worth in New Kirkwood Park?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for New Kirkwood Park is approximately $262,050.

Are home values rising or falling in New Kirkwood Park?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 3.1% year over year and 0.34% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for New Kirkwood Park?

New Kirkwood Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 74.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in New Kirkwood Park?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $77,859.

How affordable is New Kirkwood Park relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.37. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is New Kirkwood Park primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 83.3%.

What is the unemployment rate in New Kirkwood Park?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 18.3%.

How educated are residents of New Kirkwood Park?

Approximately 37.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in New Kirkwood Park face high rent burden?

Approximately 70.7% 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 New Kirkwood Park?

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 applications19
Estimated originations12
Home-purchase applications10
Origination rate62.2%
Home-purchase share52.8%
Average application loan$135,163
Total application loan amount$2,536,775
National application rank#10,829 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 26.2% YoY; originations 15.9% 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.