What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Branford Center?
Branford Center is ranked No published Branford rank is currently available; #56 of 153 eligible neighborhoods in CT; and #3,823 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Branford Center
Branford, CT | New Haven County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
60.6
Stability and Strength
55.5
Value Opportunity
53.1
Momentum
79.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Branford, CT |
| County | New Haven County |
| National rank | #3,823 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #56 of 153 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #7 of 57 |
| National percentile | 74.5 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $506,151 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 6.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.02% |
| Home value to income ratio | 5.95 |
| Median household income | $85,109 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 44.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 41.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 1.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 44.0% |
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 Branford Center
Is Branford Center one of the best neighborhoods in Branford?
Branford Center has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 60.6 and a city ranking of No published Branford rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Branford Center?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Branford Center is approximately $506,151.
Are home values rising or falling in Branford Center?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 6.9% year over year and 0.02% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Branford Center?
Branford Center has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 79.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Branford Center?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $85,109.
How affordable is Branford Center relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 5.95. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Branford Center primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 41.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Branford Center?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.4%.
How educated are residents of Branford Center?
Approximately 44.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Branford Center face high rent burden?
Approximately 44.0% 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 Branford Center?
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 applications145
Estimated originations81
Home-purchase applications61
Origination rate55.9%
Home-purchase share42.2%
Average application loan$230,580
Total application loan amount$33,520,047
National application rank#3,030 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Trend not published for this geometry comparison
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.