| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Columbus, OH |
| County | Franklin County |
| National rank | #10,157 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #276 of 481 |
| City rank | #124 of 202 |
| County rank | #136 of 215 |
| National percentile | 32.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $217,772 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.45% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.48 |
| Median household income | $62,647 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 21.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 7.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 67.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 56.7% |
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 Southwest Hilltop
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Southwest Hilltop?
Southwest Hilltop is ranked #124 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus; #276 of 481 eligible neighborhoods in OH; and #10,157 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Southwest Hilltop one of the best neighborhoods in Columbus?
Southwest Hilltop has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 42.7 and a city ranking of #124 of 202 eligible neighborhoods in Columbus.
How much are homes worth in Southwest Hilltop?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Southwest Hilltop is approximately $217,772.
Are home values rising or falling in Southwest Hilltop?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.2% year over year and -0.45% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Southwest Hilltop?
Southwest Hilltop has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 43.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Southwest Hilltop?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $62,647.
How affordable is Southwest Hilltop relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.48. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Southwest Hilltop primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 67.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Southwest Hilltop?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 7.8%.
How educated are residents of Southwest Hilltop?
Approximately 21.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Southwest Hilltop face high rent burden?
Approximately 56.7% 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 Southwest Hilltop?
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 applications177
Estimated originations92
Home-purchase applications76
Origination rate51.9%
Home-purchase share43.2%
Average application loan$143,717
Total application loan amount$25,423,031
National application rank#2,437 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 33.2% YoY; originations 18.2% 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.