What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Northside?
Northside is ranked #217 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne; #370 of 656 eligible neighborhoods in IN; and #6,235 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Northside
Fort Wayne, IN | Allen County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
53.7
Stability and Strength
44.9
Value Opportunity
59.6
Momentum
59.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Fort Wayne, IN |
| County | Allen County |
| National rank | #6,235 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #370 of 656 |
| City rank | #217 of 302 |
| County rank | #217 of 302 |
| National percentile | 58.4 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $189,166 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.23% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.08 |
| Median household income | $61,505 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 32.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 66.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 54.5% |
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 Northside
Is Northside one of the best neighborhoods in Fort Wayne?
Northside has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 53.7 and a city ranking of #217 of 302 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Wayne.
How much are homes worth in Northside?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Northside is approximately $189,166.
Are home values rising or falling in Northside?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.1% year over year and 0.23% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Northside?
Northside has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 59.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Northside?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $61,505.
How affordable is Northside relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.08. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Northside primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 66.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Northside?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.9%.
How educated are residents of Northside?
Approximately 32.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Northside face high rent burden?
Approximately 54.5% 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 Northside?
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 applications270
Estimated originations179
Home-purchase applications132
Origination rate66.2%
Home-purchase share48.9%
Average application loan$128,383
Total application loan amount$34,673,827
National application rank#1,400 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage98.9%
Recent trend: Applications 14.4% YoY; originations 17.0% 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.