What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Northwest Dallas?
Northwest Dallas is ranked #5 of 9 eligible neighborhoods in Dallas; #859 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #10,523 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Northwest Dallas
Dallas, TX | Dallas County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
41.6
Stability and Strength
28.5
Value Opportunity
48.2
Momentum
53.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Dallas, TX |
| County | Dallas County |
| National rank | #10,523 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #859 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #5 of 9 |
| County rank | #124 of 152 |
| National percentile | 29.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $239,217 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.21% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.76 |
| Median household income | $63,628 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 37.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 14.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 6.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 10.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 49.7% |
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 Northwest Dallas
Is Northwest Dallas one of the best neighborhoods in Dallas?
Northwest Dallas has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 41.6 and a city ranking of #5 of 9 eligible neighborhoods in Dallas.
How much are homes worth in Northwest Dallas?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Northwest Dallas is approximately $239,217.
Are home values rising or falling in Northwest Dallas?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.3% year over year and 0.21% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Northwest Dallas?
Northwest Dallas has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 53.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Northwest Dallas?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $63,628.
How affordable is Northwest Dallas relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.76. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Northwest Dallas primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 6.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Northwest Dallas?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 14.2%.
How educated are residents of Northwest Dallas?
Approximately 37.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Northwest Dallas face high rent burden?
Approximately 49.7% 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 Northwest Dallas?
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 applications23
Estimated originations7
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate31.3%
Home-purchase share35.2%
Average application loan$1,416,222
Total application loan amount$32,180,661
National application rank#10,227 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 78.7% YoY; originations 27.3% 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 Northwest Dallas
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
4
Active listings observed
$212,450
Median asking price
$155.28
Median asking price / sq. ft.
113.5
Median days on market
1,834 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $140,000 to $304,900
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-14 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
4 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.