What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill is ranked #105 of 185 eligible neighborhoods in Winston-Salem; #322 of 535 eligible neighborhoods in NC; and #9,393 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Beacon Hill
Winston-Salem, NC | Forsyth County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
45.0
Stability and Strength
42.2
Value Opportunity
53.4
Momentum
37.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Winston-Salem, NC |
| County | Forsyth County |
| National rank | #9,393 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #322 of 535 |
| City rank | #105 of 185 |
| County rank | #109 of 189 |
| National percentile | 37.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $266,478 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.11% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.97 |
| Median household income | $67,144 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 8.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 0.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 54.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 15.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 59.1% |
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 Beacon Hill
Is Beacon Hill one of the best neighborhoods in Winston-Salem?
Beacon Hill has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 45.0 and a city ranking of #105 of 185 eligible neighborhoods in Winston-Salem.
How much are homes worth in Beacon Hill?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Beacon Hill is approximately $266,478.
Are home values rising or falling in Beacon Hill?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.4% year over year and -0.11% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 37.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Beacon Hill?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $67,144.
How affordable is Beacon Hill relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.97. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Beacon Hill primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 54.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Beacon Hill?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.0%.
How educated are residents of Beacon Hill?
Approximately 8.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Beacon Hill face high rent burden?
Approximately 59.1% 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 Beacon Hill?
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 applications9
Estimated originations5
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate56.1%
Home-purchase share45.1%
Average application loan$262,431
Total application loan amount$2,475,444
National application rank#12,650 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 9.3% YoY; originations 10.1% 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.