What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Porter Ranch?
Porter Ranch is ranked #5 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles; #487 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #4,609 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Porter Ranch
Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
58.2
Stability and Strength
70.8
Value Opportunity
55.2
Momentum
42.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #4,609 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #487 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #5 of 94 |
| County rank | #81 of 321 |
| National percentile | 69.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,387,074 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.05% |
| Home value to income ratio | 8.40 |
| Median household income | $165,133 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 63.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 79.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 71.9% |
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 Porter Ranch
Is Porter Ranch one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles?
Porter Ranch has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 58.2 and a city ranking of #5 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
How much are homes worth in Porter Ranch?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Porter Ranch is approximately $1,387,074.
Are home values rising or falling in Porter Ranch?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.1% year over year and -0.05% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Porter Ranch?
Porter Ranch has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 42.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Porter Ranch?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $165,133.
How affordable is Porter Ranch relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 8.40. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Porter Ranch primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 79.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Porter Ranch?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.7%.
How educated are residents of Porter Ranch?
Approximately 63.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Porter Ranch face high rent burden?
Approximately 71.9% 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 Porter Ranch?
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 applications957
Estimated originations512
Home-purchase applications355
Origination rate53.5%
Home-purchase share37.1%
Average application loan$833,366
Total application loan amount$797,421,051
National application rank#189 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -0.5% YoY; originations 4.6% 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.