Neighborhood Profile

Cottage Grove Heights

Chicago, IL | Cook County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
46.5
National rank: #8,901 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
43.3
Score
Value Opportunity
61.8
Score
Momentum
30.1
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationChicago, IL
CountyCook County
National rank#8,901 of 14,967
State rank#187 of 261
City rank#124 of 179
County rank#133 of 190
National percentile40.5
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$161,218
Year-over-year home value change-0.7%
Month-over-month home value change-0.40%
Home value to income ratio2.55
Median household income$63,295
Bachelor's degree or higher43.4%
Civilian unemployment rate15.5%
Homeownership rate85.2%
Housing vacancy rate2.2%
Rent burden 30% or higher67.8%

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 Cottage Grove Heights

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Cottage Grove Heights?

Cottage Grove Heights is ranked #124 of 179 eligible neighborhoods in Chicago; #187 of 261 eligible neighborhoods in IL; and #8,901 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Cottage Grove Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Chicago?

Cottage Grove Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 46.5 and a city ranking of #124 of 179 eligible neighborhoods in Chicago.

How much are homes worth in Cottage Grove Heights?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Cottage Grove Heights is approximately $161,218.

Are home values rising or falling in Cottage Grove Heights?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.7% year over year and -0.40% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Cottage Grove Heights?

Cottage Grove Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 30.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Cottage Grove Heights?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $63,295.

How affordable is Cottage Grove Heights relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.55. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Cottage Grove Heights primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 85.2%.

What is the unemployment rate in Cottage Grove Heights?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 15.5%.

How educated are residents of Cottage Grove Heights?

Approximately 43.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Cottage Grove Heights 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 Cottage Grove Heights?

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

FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL

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 applications24
Estimated originations12
Home-purchase applications12
Origination rate49.3%
Home-purchase share49.3%
Average application loan$159,507
Total application loan amount$3,862,103
National application rank#10,010 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -18.4% YoY; originations -18.6% 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.