Neighborhood Profile

Orangedale-Prospect Ave

Charlottesville, VA | Charlottesville City
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
47.6
National rank: #8,490 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
53.4
Score
Value Opportunity
63.5
Score
Momentum
16.1
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationCharlottesville, VA
CountyCharlottesville City
National rank#8,490 of 14,967
State rank#349 of 518
City rank#17 of 25
County rank#17 of 25
National percentile43.3
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$268,447
Year-over-year home value change-2.4%
Month-over-month home value change-0.73%
Home value to income ratio3.75
Median household income$71,553
Bachelor's degree or higher35.2%
Civilian unemployment rate2.7%
Homeownership rate46.9%
Housing vacancy rate3.6%
Rent burden 30% or higher42.5%

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 Orangedale-Prospect Ave

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

Orangedale-Prospect Ave is ranked #17 of 25 eligible neighborhoods in Charlottesville; #349 of 518 eligible neighborhoods in VA; and #8,490 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Orangedale-Prospect Ave one of the best neighborhoods in Charlottesville?

Orangedale-Prospect Ave has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 47.6 and a city ranking of #17 of 25 eligible neighborhoods in Charlottesville.

How much are homes worth in Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Orangedale-Prospect Ave is approximately $268,447.

Are home values rising or falling in Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.4% year over year and -0.73% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

Orangedale-Prospect Ave has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 16.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $71,553.

How affordable is Orangedale-Prospect Ave relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.75. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Orangedale-Prospect Ave primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 46.9%.

What is the unemployment rate in Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.7%.

How educated are residents of Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

Approximately 35.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Orangedale-Prospect Ave face high rent burden?

Approximately 42.5% 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 Orangedale-Prospect Ave?

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 applications15
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications7
Origination rate63.3%
Home-purchase share46.7%
Average application loan$231,180
Total application loan amount$3,384,967
National application rank#11,557 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -7.0% YoY; originations 11.6% 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.