Neighborhood Profile

Columbia Street Waterfront District

New York, NY | Kings County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
48.6
National rank: #8,118 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
66.5
Score
Value Opportunity
46.0
Score
Momentum
23.7
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationNew York, NY
CountyKings County
National rank#8,118 of 14,967
State rank#236 of 418
City rank#113 of 199
County rank#25 of 45
National percentile45.8
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$2,728,875
Year-over-year home value change-1.6%
Month-over-month home value change-0.37%
Home value to income ratio19.00
Median household income$143,652
Bachelor's degree or higher80.1%
Civilian unemployment rate4.8%
Homeownership rate41.3%
Housing vacancy rate8.3%
Rent burden 30% or higher41.5%

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 Columbia Street Waterfront District

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Columbia Street Waterfront District?

Columbia Street Waterfront District is ranked #113 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York; #236 of 418 eligible neighborhoods in NY; and #8,118 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Columbia Street Waterfront District one of the best neighborhoods in New York?

Columbia Street Waterfront District has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 48.6 and a city ranking of #113 of 199 eligible neighborhoods in New York.

How much are homes worth in Columbia Street Waterfront District?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Columbia Street Waterfront District is approximately $2,728,875.

Are home values rising or falling in Columbia Street Waterfront District?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.6% year over year and -0.37% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Columbia Street Waterfront District?

Columbia Street Waterfront District has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 23.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Columbia Street Waterfront District?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $143,652.

How affordable is Columbia Street Waterfront District relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 19.00. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Columbia Street Waterfront District primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 41.3%.

What is the unemployment rate in Columbia Street Waterfront District?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.8%.

How educated are residents of Columbia Street Waterfront District?

Approximately 80.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Columbia Street Waterfront District face high rent burden?

Approximately 41.5% 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 Columbia Street Waterfront District?

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

LIMITED

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 applications52
Estimated originations33
Home-purchase applications32
Origination rate64.2%
Home-purchase share61.7%
Average application loan$988,000
Total application loan amount$51,259,996
National application rankNot rankable
Geometry coverage67.4%
Recent trend: Applications -5.4% YoY; originations 6.3% 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.