What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Thornton Park?
Thornton Park is ranked #11 of 56 eligible neighborhoods in Santa Ana; #525 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #4,821 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Thornton Park
Santa Ana, CA | Orange County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
57.6
Stability and Strength
59.1
Value Opportunity
42.3
Momentum
76.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Ana, CA |
| County | Orange County |
| National rank | #4,821 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #525 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #11 of 56 |
| County rank | #26 of 100 |
| National percentile | 67.8 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,064,304 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 3.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.46% |
| Home value to income ratio | 9.28 |
| Median household income | $114,747 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 18.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 72.9% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 48.2% |
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 Thornton Park
Is Thornton Park one of the best neighborhoods in Santa Ana?
Thornton Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 57.6 and a city ranking of #11 of 56 eligible neighborhoods in Santa Ana.
How much are homes worth in Thornton Park?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Thornton Park is approximately $1,064,304.
Are home values rising or falling in Thornton Park?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 3.2% year over year and 0.46% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Thornton Park?
Thornton Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 76.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Thornton Park?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $114,747.
How affordable is Thornton Park relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 9.28. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Thornton Park primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 72.9%.
What is the unemployment rate in Thornton Park?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.5%.
How educated are residents of Thornton Park?
Approximately 18.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Thornton Park face high rent burden?
Approximately 48.2% 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 Thornton 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
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 applications85
Estimated originations43
Home-purchase applications27
Origination rate50.9%
Home-purchase share31.6%
Average application loan$373,115
Total application loan amount$31,557,561
National application rank#4,999 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 41.0% YoY; originations 29.8% 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.