What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Waterford?
Waterford is ranked #2 of 107 eligible neighborhoods in Durham; #14 of 535 eligible neighborhoods in NC; and #270 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Waterford
Durham, NC | Durham County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
79.2
Stability and Strength
88.1
Value Opportunity
77.9
Momentum
66.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Durham, NC |
| County | Durham County |
| National rank | #270 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #14 of 535 |
| City rank | #2 of 107 |
| County rank | #1 of 106 |
| National percentile | 98.2 |
| National band | TOP_5_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $620,134 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.50% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.21 |
| Median household income | $147,387 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 70.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 98.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 0.2% |
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 Waterford
Is Waterford one of the best neighborhoods in Durham?
Waterford has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 79.2 and a city ranking of #2 of 107 eligible neighborhoods in Durham.
How much are homes worth in Waterford?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Waterford is approximately $620,134.
Are home values rising or falling in Waterford?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.5% year over year and 0.50% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Waterford?
Waterford has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 66.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Waterford?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $147,387.
How affordable is Waterford relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.21. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Waterford primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 98.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Waterford?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.2%.
How educated are residents of Waterford?
Approximately 70.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Waterford face high rent burden?
Approximately 0.2% 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 Waterford?
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 applications14
Estimated originations8
Home-purchase applications7
Origination rate57.9%
Home-purchase share54.1%
Average application loan$325,711
Total application loan amount$4,472,702
National application rank#11,741 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 28.2% YoY; originations 21.0% 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.