What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Whiting Woods?
Whiting Woods is ranked #1 of 33 eligible neighborhoods in Glendale; #18 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #641 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Whiting Woods
Glendale, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
74.9
Stability and Strength
94.8
Value Opportunity
61.0
Momentum
62.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Glendale, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #641 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #18 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #1 of 33 |
| County rank | #3 of 321 |
| National percentile | 95.7 |
| National band | TOP_5_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,894,654 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.25% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.26 |
| Median household income | $154,527 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 68.5% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 100.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | Not available |
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 Whiting Woods
Is Whiting Woods one of the best neighborhoods in Glendale?
Whiting Woods has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 74.9 and a city ranking of #1 of 33 eligible neighborhoods in Glendale.
How much are homes worth in Whiting Woods?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Whiting Woods is approximately $1,894,654.
Are home values rising or falling in Whiting Woods?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.6% year over year and 0.25% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Whiting Woods?
Whiting Woods has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 62.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Whiting Woods?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $154,527.
How affordable is Whiting Woods relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.26. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Whiting Woods primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 100.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Whiting Woods?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.0%.
How educated are residents of Whiting Woods?
Approximately 68.5% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Whiting Woods face high rent burden?
Approximately Not available 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 Whiting Woods?
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 applications7
Estimated originations4
Home-purchase applications3
Origination rate59.7%
Home-purchase share36.4%
Average application loan$787,443
Total application loan amount$5,427,938
National application rank#13,245 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 19.7% YoY; originations 41.9% 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.