What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Cougar Mountain?
Cougar Mountain is ranked #16 of 23 eligible neighborhoods in Bellevue; #307 of 533 eligible neighborhoods in WA; and #8,997 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Cougar Mountain
Bellevue, WA | King County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
46.2
Stability and Strength
70.2
Value Opportunity
47.3
Momentum
6.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Bellevue, WA |
| County | King County |
| National rank | #8,997 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #307 of 533 |
| City rank | #16 of 23 |
| County rank | #183 of 287 |
| National percentile | 39.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,031,048 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -5.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.66% |
| Home value to income ratio | 21.51 |
| Median household income | $94,410 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 77.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 2.3% |
| Homeownership rate | 78.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 67.8% |
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 Cougar Mountain
Is Cougar Mountain one of the best neighborhoods in Bellevue?
Cougar Mountain has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 46.2 and a city ranking of #16 of 23 eligible neighborhoods in Bellevue.
How much are homes worth in Cougar Mountain?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Cougar Mountain is approximately $2,031,048.
Are home values rising or falling in Cougar Mountain?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -5.2% year over year and -0.66% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Cougar Mountain?
Cougar Mountain has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 6.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Cougar Mountain?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $94,410.
How affordable is Cougar Mountain relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 21.51. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Cougar Mountain primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 78.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Cougar Mountain?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.3%.
How educated are residents of Cougar Mountain?
Approximately 77.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Cougar Mountain face high rent burden?
Approximately 67.8% 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 Cougar Mountain?
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 applications261
Estimated originations167
Home-purchase applications140
Origination rate64.1%
Home-purchase share53.7%
Average application loan$991,370
Total application loan amount$258,722,754
National application rank#1,470 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 10.8% YoY; originations 17.4% 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.