What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Indiana Forest?
Indiana Forest is ranked #196 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus; #452 of 481 eligible neighborhoods in OH; and #14,373 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Indiana Forest
Columbus, OH | Franklin County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
23.4
Stability and Strength
24.3
Value Opportunity
22.8
Momentum
22.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Columbus, OH |
| County | Franklin County |
| National rank | #14,373 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #452 of 481 |
| City rank | #196 of 202 |
| County rank | #209 of 215 |
| National percentile | 4.0 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $377,385 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.22% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.97 |
| Median household income | $29,103 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 55.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 7.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 4.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 13.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 86.0% |
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 Indiana Forest
Is Indiana Forest one of the best neighborhoods in Columbus?
Indiana Forest has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 23.4 and a city ranking of #196 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus.
How much are homes worth in Indiana Forest?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Indiana Forest is approximately $377,385.
Are home values rising or falling in Indiana Forest?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.2% year over year and -0.22% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Indiana Forest?
Indiana Forest has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 22.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Indiana Forest?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $29,103.
How affordable is Indiana Forest relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.97. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Indiana Forest primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 4.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Indiana Forest?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 7.1%.
How educated are residents of Indiana Forest?
Approximately 55.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Indiana Forest face high rent burden?
Approximately 86.0% 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 Indiana Forest?
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 applications29
Estimated originations18
Home-purchase applications20
Origination rate59.7%
Home-purchase share67.6%
Average application loan$306,284
Total application loan amount$9,017,784
National application rank#9,314 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 18.6% YoY; originations 5.8% 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.